kingpin vs. ball joint
- Thread starter onetuff76
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James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
onetuff76 said:
always had balljoints no complaints...........but now I will have king pins
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Ball joints are for 44's and kingpins are for 60's. Anymore questions?
2BIGTJ
RUKKASTIXX Motorsports
- Location
- Highland, Utah
Ken Shupe has run Ball Joints on his comp rig for ever and has never had a problem.Hickey said:Ball joints are for 44's and kingpins are for 60's. Anymore questions?
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Good for him. So James, are you gonna run out and buy inner and outer balljoint knuck's for your 60?2BIGTJ said:
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
Hickey said:Good for him. So James, are you gonna run out and buy inner and outer balljoint knuck's for your 60?
They are on order
the main advantages are king pins are WAY easier to get high steer and they are way easier to rebuild, you dont even have to pull the knuckles apart to rebuild them...ball joints you have to pull the knuckles apart to replace them and to get high steer you have to weld onto the knuckle...ball joints are much stronger and the only reason mfg. have switched to ball joints is for cost reasons...
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
It has been my experience, that when you snap an shaft on say, a 44, or a 30(CJ's use the same ball joints as 44's) it will often distort your balljoint to the point that it will need to be replaced. I don't know if this is the case with 60 balljoints, but you didn't specify what axle we were talking about.
gtidrivr
Registered User
- Location
- West Jordan
supergper said:
I was under the inpression that king pins were way stronger than ball joints... no?
RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
Ball joint 60s are garabage. Waste of metal. If you guys have them stacking up in your yard I guess I could stop by and pick them up on my way to the junk yard. No charge.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Come on over, I got stacks of em!RockMonkey said:
Milner
formerly "rckcrlr"
- Location
- Hiding behind a camera
The ball joints may not break....but they sure don't last!!!! Just ask Suka....
If you can, find a king pin 60, a bj 60 is still better than a 44, but....
The highsteering thing is also a big issue on the bj 60.
If you can, find a king pin 60, a bj 60 is still better than a 44, but....
The highsteering thing is also a big issue on the bj 60.
Andy
aka. Hollywood
- Location
- Here and there....
If you run a ball joint style you can't run my 60 CV shafts. King pin all the way!
Andy
Andy
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sukaB
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rckcrlr said:
free....
I have high steer without welding it in...Hello
SHUPE has ball joints !!!!!!!!!!!!
No wonder he kicks butt and has his own shirt...
I'm gettin me some to James