Sorry for the long time to reply. As you know, Mike and others have been trying to help me get noise out of my puter (as did you
), and I was DL'ing that file that Mike recommended.
Your BJ herniated itself (two words I never want to see in the same sentence again.
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I didnt mean to scare you in my first post. It's true (and it scares me) but if you have no other reason to think the BJ is bad................ (you should have wear indicators on the bottom of the BJ that you can check). And if the camber hasnt changed, nor are you able to move the wheel when grabbed at 12 and 6 o'clock (this last test isnt valid for testing a bad OEM balljoint, but if the darn thing moved, we'd both wanna replace it. It's just a clue), then it might be alright.
If you think the joint is ok (it very well might be) and you want, you should be able to get a new boot. I'm pretty sure I've seen ES poly boots at the parts store, but dont hit me if I'm wrong (I know I got ES tie rod boots and I think I saw BJ boots too).
If you get a new boot, you'd have to loosen (but not remove initially, while hammering) the BJ nut. Then either use a piece of wood as an extension (like a drift) and a 4# hammer to press the threaded shank out of the spindle, or I've used a Pitman arm puller on them before with success too.
If you replace the joint, the BJ press and a pitman puller would be the things that I can think of to rent/loan out.
The last BJ I got from AZ was Moog (came in a duralast box). I was surprised. I like Moog stuff alright as far as parts store parts go (if you can find one). If you're thinkin of goin with the Cobra arms (great idea) in the not so distant future, it might not matter what you get really......
Anyhow, that was long and recursive. Recap: if your BJ looks Ok otherwise, I might just get a new boot. I'd say to try and silicone yours but it looks kinda chitty and cracked.
Good luck brah!
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