Recent content by dodgemahal

My factory originals are back home with 60K very gentle miles on them. They look good in their neighborhood, especially with brandy new Energy dust boots.

Okay, why not? The worst that can happen is that if they fail, and I'll have to pop them out and replace them with aftermarket. Thanks for pushing me off the fence. My nards were starting to hurt.

Chineesium parts make me wretch. Are Moog parts still made in America? It's veritable crisis in auto parts these days. Don't get me started! I once returned a crank sensor 3 times. Finally got smart and ordered a Mopar brand. There's a whole school of thought that says if your OEM parts are...

I scraped at mine with a dental pick -- it's definitely cold hard steel. In your image, the white part is plastic, right? Does it articulate there? Mine does. It moves 1st, then the bigger ball moves 2nd. Is that okay? That's what I need to know.

I looked at that. It's definitely steel. It's one piece, Integral with the stud.

The left pic shows the stud, integral to a small ball at its base, swiveled outboard, and the right picture is swiveled inboard. Net travel at the top of the stud about 1/2". Now, understand all that is encased in the much larger ball that you can clearly see, and that of course, swivels to a...

There looks to be a smaller socket nested inside a larger socket. See my original post. These are factory pieces.....not like the one in the picture above. I'll send a picture, yeah that's it, a picture!

Upper ball joints are 13024G Lower ball joints are 13009G Tie rod ends: 13001G

I need to know if both are allowed to swivel.

I'm getting into the weeds on the suspension of my '73 Dart. I removed the damaged boot from a factory tie rod end and began to look at it closely. I see that the stud has a ball on the end of it that articulates inside a socket. That socket, in turn, articulates inside of a larger socket. Am I...

Yes. They are in my shop. I'll get them and let you know.

I'll give it shot. Thanks! I decided to remove all of the steering stuff to restore it all. It will be a while before I can get to that point. I'd hate having detailed control arms and greasy steering components.

It was filmed in color since it aired in 1939. That is, the version with Judy Garland. That sure makes you really old. I think of you as a Mopar super hero. Just don't wear the tights. Lol.

No, I hadn't thought of that. I'll give it a try and let you know what results. Thanks for the tip. There's some really smart people on this forum, especially you!

Cool beans! Well, I was going to use them, but the stud spins while tightening the nut. I guess that means buying new tie rod ends.