The build of Big Red (Knuckles)

[rinkishjk]

These fuckers are huge!
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That's what they all say!
Seriously though, about time!

 

[dcbjk]

Congrats Steve on the ball joints your gonna pretty much be able to turn the wheel with one finger haha

 

[CarolinaJK]

Man do I need to get these. And soon. Congrats!

 

[Sheaffadelic]

probably the biggest thing you've had in ur hand all week

 

[notnalc68]

Steve has big balls now

 

[deadguy]

Hey Steve did the ball joints your replacing have a knurled sleeve? If they did you might have a problem installing a smooth sleeve pro steer to replace them. I believe you need the JP44-2X3050-D part number for the knurled one

 

[cozdude]

Hey Steve did the ball joints your replacing have a knurled sleeve? If they did you might have a problem installing a smooth sleeve pro steer to replace them. I believe you need the JP44-2X3050-D part number for the knurled one

They did not the ones I will be replacing are oem crowns. I have a pr44 so I'm very confident that it will not be knurled when I remove them lol

 

[deadguy]

They did not the ones I will be replacing are oem crowns. I have a pr44 so I'm very confident that it will not be knurled when I remove them lol

Sounds good. I know the synergys are knurled and didn't know if you ran them in the pr44. My buddy just made this mistake on his dodge.

 

[cozdude]

Sounds good. I know the synergys are knurled and didn't know if you ran them in the pr44. My buddy just made this mistake on his dodge.

Oh man that stinks. I wonder if when I installed them on my d30 if that's one of the reasons why the crowns I installed afterwords went so quickly

 

[deadguy]

It probably was moving around in there ever so slightly which probably wore faster and felt like garbage right off the bat

 

[cozdude]

Well everything went smooth as butter today! Got the old ball joints and unit bearings off and out. Anti seized everything and installed the new pro steers and timkin unit bearings!
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[hinrichs]

No grease fitting on the lower joint?

 

[swampdog]

No grease fitting on the lower joint?

I think it is on the side of the lower for easier access.

 

[cozdude]

No grease fitting on the lower joint?

There is, it's a needle fitting and it's on the backside of the knuckle. I will post a pic later

 

[hinrichs]

Good to know.

 

[notnalc68]

Those should hold up! They are certainly beefy.

 

[cozdude]

Those should hold up! They are certainly beefy.

Oh yea they will deff hold up! Everyone in my class was commenting how beefy they were compared to the crowns I took out. Wish I grabbed a pic now that I think about it

 

[rinkishjk]

Looks great! Nothing like new BJ's.!

 

[rogerk93]

Looks great! Nothing like new BJ's.!

I'm sure he'll have fun with that. Old BJ's gets tired of the work load and are never the same.

 

[scull20]

I'm sure he'll have fun with that. Old BJ's gets tired of the work load and are never the same.

Word has it he prefers old, dry, loose BJ's