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67-ls1 12-03-2020 07:03 PM

Added tall ball joints
 
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I have Hotchkis upper and lower control arms on my 66 but was still getting positive camber. It was suggested that I try taller upper ball joints. The greater distance between the two (upper and lower) ball joint pivot points changes the geometry and results in (theoretically) the camber going negative on compression.
First pic is the stock and 0.9” taller ball joint side by side.
Second pic is the new ball joint installer.
Third pic is the taller ball joint with a short piece of heater hose around the exposed shaft to hopefully protect it. I’ll cram grease inside of it if I can.
So far the static camber seems to be better. I haven’t driven it yet but I did have a fat friend sit on the front fender and it appears the camber is now going negative (top in) on compression which is what these A bodies need.
I’ll take it to the alignment shop shorty and have the align it as follows:

Camber - 0.5* neg
Caster - R - 5* pos
Caster - L - 4.5* pos
Toe - 1/16 in

I’ll post again when it’s done about how it handles and tracks.

67-ls1 12-29-2020 08:07 PM

Back on the road and alignment done. It seems to track better and the steering wheel seems to want to return to center better.
The camber change has helped just slightly with a fender rubbing issue. It doesn’t rub near as much but it’s still not perfect. The Wilwood disc brakes pushed the wheels out farther than I realized they would.
Still way better to drive.
I have a driveshaft angle issue I need to work through next.

Hank70SS 01-01-2021 04:21 PM

So you think it handles better. I debated installing tall ball joints before and never got around to it. You think it's worth it?

67-ls1 01-01-2021 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank70SS (Post 65367)
So you think it handles better. I debated installing tall ball joints before and never got around to it. You think it's worth it?

I do. I still have an issue with my front tires rubbing the inside of the fenders due to the additional width of the Wilwood disc brakes so I can’t throw it around like I’d like to. But it seems to track straight better.

Hank70SS 01-16-2021 07:48 AM

Thanks. I don't have an issue with tires rubbing so they may be a good option.


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