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ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by 12Bravo » June 19th, 2018, 9:58 am

Anyone bought replacement ball joint boots off ebay for upper and lower ball joints? If so which ones did you buy. A lot of options listed.

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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by rickf » June 19th, 2018, 12:35 pm

If the boot is bad the joint has probably been compromised so I just replace the joint.
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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by 12Bravo » June 19th, 2018, 12:57 pm

Have a NOS joint and the boot probably lasted 2 weeks before it split. need to replace the boot

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Unread post by rickf » June 19th, 2018, 1:41 pm

China's best! I have not looked at what is out there but I will bet 97% of it is China or Taiwan. Which means you may not get much more out of them. Hang in here for a bit and maybe someone will have a better suggestion.
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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by Surveyor » June 19th, 2018, 2:10 pm

If it says new instead of NOS then it's more than likely a Newstar reproduction from overseas.

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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by rickf » June 19th, 2018, 3:47 pm

The sad part is that Newstar provided parts under contract in the last years of the 151 production. The difference now is that they are not bound by quality control.And here is the ironic part of that scenario. We also outsourced the last contract of carburetors, OR Zenith did. They are the so called Taiwanese carbs.

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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by svramselaar » June 20th, 2018, 2:46 am

hi

i use the silicone boots from this seller free shipping

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... s&_sacat=0

george

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Unread post by rickf » June 20th, 2018, 10:26 am

George to the rescue again. Which ones George?
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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by svramselaar » June 21st, 2018, 8:32 am

hi rickf

i use the yellow one`s they work fine
they are also in black

for the steering boots
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Polyboots-T ... SwI-BWJ-0x

for arm lower and upper boots
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Polyboots-T ... Sw9N1Vw65D

george

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Re: ball joint boot replacement

Unread post by ErEyal » June 22nd, 2018, 6:17 pm

svramselaar wrote:hi rickf

i use the yellow one`s they work fine
they are also in black

for the steering boots
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Polyboots-T ... SwI-BWJ-0x

for arm lower and upper boots
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Polyboots-T ... Sw9N1Vw65D

george
nice!
i had them on "watch list" for quite a while now,

totally forgot about them, i will order a set.

anyone have a picture of these installed ?

thanks
Eyal

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