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Bud
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Bounder-ing wrote:If you need the arms you probably won't find the arms with the correct ball joint, said another way the arms will be correct but the ball joints will have to be replaced with the correct one. Check your ride height by measuring the distance between the bumper stop to the upper A arm you should have at least 1.5 ins on both sides.Gjac wrote:
Be very careful when selecting Ball joints for your P-30 chassis. I have had two ball joint failures because a shop installed the wrong ball joints twice. One was at 60 mpg around a corner when the front end just collapsed and the MH almost rolled over. You probably won't find the correct OEM part number so you will look for the after market ones. Does you MH have disc brakes or drum brakes in the rear? The larger heavier P-30's had disc brakes the shorter lighter one had drum breaks. The ball joints are much different. If you have disc brakes on the rear of your P-30 chassis the part number you need is Moog K6511 for the lowers and K6174 for the uppers. Stay away from the Dorman ball joints they are all for the lighter chassis with drum breaks on the rear even though they say HD they are under size on the taper, this is what my shop at home installed and after about 5000 miles they work hardened from being loose in the taper and just failed. Henderson sells these ball joints. Also check your A arms for cracking. That is a whole other discussion. Good Luck.
Yikes, glad you're OK. I went to the local NAPA, trucks division, and the parts guy told me frankly that he'd rather not order stuff because it's not guaranteed to fit. I thought he was too lazy, but I was wrong. Thank you for the parts numbers and advice, appreciated. It does have the discs on all four, so your numbers are what I need.
I will look for arms, didn't realize that is an issue either.
Jul-04-2019 10:16 PM
Gjac wrote:
Be very careful when selecting Ball joints for your P-30 chassis. I have had two ball joint failures because a shop installed the wrong ball joints twice. One was at 60 mpg around a corner when the front end just collapsed and the MH almost rolled over. You probably won't find the correct OEM part number so you will look for the after market ones. Does you MH have disc brakes or drum brakes in the rear? The larger heavier P-30's had disc brakes the shorter lighter one had drum breaks. The ball joints are much different. If you have disc brakes on the rear of your P-30 chassis the part number you need is Moog K6511 for the lowers and K6174 for the uppers. Stay away from the Dorman ball joints they are all for the lighter chassis with drum breaks on the rear even though they say HD they are under size on the taper, this is what my shop at home installed and after about 5000 miles they work hardened from being loose in the taper and just failed. Henderson sells these ball joints. Also check your A arms for cracking. That is a whole other discussion. Good Luck.
Jul-04-2019 03:41 PM
Bud
USAF Retired
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Jul-04-2019 02:46 PM
enblethen wrote:. Hi Bud, I provided the numbers in my post. Maybe lost in the detail. They are K6511 and K 6174.
Gary, I thought you would have the numbers.
OP: I would try to get new control arms with the right joints installed. Takes time and money to have new joints pressed in your control arms.
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Bud
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Bud
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