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Baker819 · 02-08-2015, 01:13 AM

I hear you on the "close enough" not sitting well with you. It doesn't sit well with me either. I plan to use my truck a lot and never have plans of selling it. I would rather replace parts that I thought were bad than wreck and pay hospital bills.

I feel decent about my boss saying the ball joint was close enough because he feels like it was probably only an extra .010" smaller (LCA) than optimum and I had no visible damage. And like he and the shop said about the ball joints seating... that it is not a precision thing, the ball joints move by design and .040" off won't hurt them.

What would you do in my situation? Press the ball joint back out and measure the hole which is know knurled and probably slightly larger than before?
I appreciate your input

02-08-2015, 01:13 AM	#7
Baker819 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: WA Posts: 119	Re: Ball joint to big for LCA... I hear you on the "close enough" not sitting well with you. It doesn't sit well with me either. I plan to use my truck a lot and never have plans of selling it. I would rather replace parts that I thought were bad than wreck and pay hospital bills. I feel decent about my boss saying the ball joint was close enough because he feels like it was probably only an extra .010" smaller (LCA) than optimum and I had no visible damage. And like he and the shop said about the ball joints seating... that it is not a precision thing, the ball joints move by design and .040" off won't hurt them. What would you do in my situation? Press the ball joint back out and measure the hole which is know knurled and probably slightly larger than before? I appreciate your input