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he was thinking that the post of the ball joint or whatever it’s called should be further thru the hole so there are threads showing like in this picture
Did you watch the clip I included does everything look ok to you?
I guess it does look pretty identical to yours.
Sorry, didn’t realize one of the images was a video. I watched it now, and the ball joint stud seems firmly seated in the knuckle. There is no up and down or side to side movement possible there, right? If it’s secure, I would say you’re probably ok.
You and I both have KK’s and Johnny O (left hand pic) has a KJ. I think our knuckles have beefier, thicker receivers for the ball joints. I’m thinking his shows threads under it because the metal is thinner.
I spoke to marlin and he asked me if it measured 4inchs from the bottom of the support to the end of the bolt. He included this diagram. Said if it doesn’t it’s prob the wrong ones and he’ll need to ship me new ones. We measured and it def seems off but mine looks very similar to other pics I’ve seen here. Does yours measure four inches? Here’s the video of measuring mine.
I sent video Of the measurement of the ball joint from the support to the tip and I guess somehow it’s the wrong size. They shipped the correct one this morning. Yikes, solid customer service at least!
kinda strange he sent me the same ones we already had. Guess I got some spares, the whole situation is kind of strange tho. He seemed to think from the measurements I took that they were wrong and then sent the same ones. Someone else commented that all the ball joints they use are the same size so I’m really not sure what ef is going on.
I think that was me who said they were the same. I misspoke on that. They are the same for the KK and the KJ, but not necessarily other models. The website asks for a specific model when ordering.
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Do you think I could get you to measure your ball joint from the bottom of the support to the tip? Like this if it’s not too much trouble…
All good I kinda figured what ya meant. if ya get a chance to measure it’s actually from the under side of the housing to the tip of the stud marlin says should be four inches. No sweat Tho.I think that was me who said they were the same. I misspoke on that. They are the same for the KK and the KJ, but not necessarily other models. The website asks for a specific model when ordering.
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I’ll check it out for you tomorrow. Just to confirm, you mean the face of the ball joint where it bolts to the top of the UCA, to the tip, right? Since there should be no difference KK vs KJ in the ball joints, this should be the info we need.
If you click the pic and make it full you can see how marlin describes how to measure it and he draws where to measure also in green.
This is a video of the tech measuring it. I believe marlin meant the first measurement he takes from under which measures around 3.5. Kinda strange he said it should be four which is why I’m hoping to get someone else to measure theirs.
