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Pugs
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9/11/2004
13:30:20

Subject: How many ball joints?
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I have an '02 Club Cab and I'm wondering how many 'sealed' balljoints are in the front end. I've found 3 on each side near the front tire spindles. Are there any other ball joints towards the centre of the front end, like connected the steering linkage or anything like that?
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9/11/2004
14:16:41

RE: How many ball joints?
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There are only two ball joints on each side 1 upper and 1 lower. Then there is a tie rod end. 1 on each side. Daks have Rack and pinion steering so thats all there is. The parts they are having trouble with are the ball joints not the tie rod ends.



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9/11/2004
18:12:08

RE: How many ball joints?
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Just to clarify Balljoint boy, Gen3 Dak's have rack and pinion steering, Gen2's and previous have an ol' fashioned steering box & linkages (lots more parts!!). I just did a pitman arm on mine.





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9/13/2004
08:54:50

RE: How many ball joints?
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Somebody don't know gen11 !
95 has rack and pinion.............



Bob Lincoln
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9/13/2004
09:09:45

RE: How many ball joints?
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92 has parallelogram steering.



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9/14/2004
07:11:33

RE: How many ball joints?
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I thought that it had cross-strapped inverted trapezoidal steering for increased turbo-handling characteristics...



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9/15/2004
00:28:17

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Well I'll be dang...



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9/15/2004
05:06:37

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There's inner tie rod ends also on the GenIII rack and pinion steering, you can't see them because the boot is hiding them, but they are in there and replacable too ;)



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