Dennis Carpenter upper balljoint

[Edsel58]

I just recieved my upper controll arm balljoints. But the hole in my Edsel (Fairlane) controll arms are to small. Or, I guess the chineese balljoints are to big. Has anyone had this problem?

Thanks,

Johan

[Lou]

Sounds like they sent you ball joints for a 55/56 Ford.

[canadian_ranchero]

ford used the same upper ball joint on the full size cars from 57 to 78.check your local auto parts store for them

[Edsel58]

Its not for ?55-?56 Fords. They look different. This ones looks right but are a bit to big for the hole in the controll arm.

Johan

[shopratwoody]

Have you called Dennis Carpenter?

[Edsel58]

Yes, but they could not understant why they would not fit.
Offcourse I could return them, but I live in Sweden so its not that simple to return.

[RICH MUISE]

ouch..Being in Sweeden does present a return problem. There are pics of the upper balljoint installed in the Gallery, in "under construction"...don't know if a pic helps but it sure can't hurt to compare visually. There's one in about the fifth row down, and another about 10 rows further. I've got to ask because I don't know you're mechanical skill level, and I remember my doublechecking to make sure I had them right..you are installing the ball joint with the flange on top of the control arm? I only ask because if you were trying to install the joint with the flange under the control arm, the hole would be too small for the housing.  Rich

[Edsel58]

Thanks for the input. Greate pics!

I solved the problem by fileing the hole in the control arm up a bit. Not right, but I guess I wont change them ever again.

Isnt it strange, its the same thing here in Sweden. Companies move the production to china and india and we end up without jobs and crap parts.


Johan

[shopratwoody]

That's the truth. I'm always looking for good old stuff in tools etc.
And they wonder what happened to the economy here. Don't get
me started