So today my son and I were out in the El to have breakfast, order the Jeep GC power steering box, get gas, and head home. All was well until we were about 3 miles from the house.
BANG! then two smaller bangs against the floor. "That's not good!"
We slowed down and pulled over, steering feeling a bit sloppy. Turns out the lower ball joint nut came off of the passenger side, the threaded part almost all of the way out of the spindle, only staying in place by resting on the lip of the backside of the drum dust cover.
Lots of other perils occurred, but a bizarre thing is that the upper ball joint nut turned out to be an 11mm castle nut. ???????
The previous owner said that the ball joints were all new. Are some of the new 1966 El ball joints metric?
Also, I rented the tool to push out the lower ball joint, but there's no way to fit it in position with all of the adaptors and rings. Any others have this issue, and if so, how did you get around it?
Thanks!
BANG! then two smaller bangs against the floor. "That's not good!"
We slowed down and pulled over, steering feeling a bit sloppy. Turns out the lower ball joint nut came off of the passenger side, the threaded part almost all of the way out of the spindle, only staying in place by resting on the lip of the backside of the drum dust cover.
Lots of other perils occurred, but a bizarre thing is that the upper ball joint nut turned out to be an 11mm castle nut. ???????
The previous owner said that the ball joints were all new. Are some of the new 1966 El ball joints metric?
Also, I rented the tool to push out the lower ball joint, but there's no way to fit it in position with all of the adaptors and rings. Any others have this issue, and if so, how did you get around it?
Thanks!