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Welding UCA ball joints, yes or no?

Started by Evolution69, March 27, 2019, 04:11:19 PM

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Evolution69

Moog ball joints screw in but loosley, is it ok to tack weld them in??
Matching numbers 1968 Dodge Charger RT

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armor64

then i test fit mine recently (front end all apart) they were not lose at all going in, not as hard as the old coming out of course, but definitely not loose. are the UCA's damaged at all?

Nacho-RT74

That's a job tipically made in Venezuela. 2 or 3 tack welding points around
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white

Are the A arms damaged/ stripped out where the upper ball joint goes?

timmycharger

I ended up putting 2 small mig welds on my drivers side UCA/ball joint as it just didn't feel as tight as I thought it should have felt compared to the passenger side.  I put the welds in a place that I could easily grind off if I needed to change out the joint in the future.  It was probably fine but I wanted some peace of mind.  :Twocents:

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