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Mopar8
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2004
16:12:21
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 Subject: Moog Ball joint grease seals
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WTF is with these things? got the ball joints on one side , no problem, now It seems that the grease seals dont wnat to go over the little machined lip , Are they supposed to do that? I have tried everythig to get them on right,If they dont go over that lip they'll just puke grease all ove the place, All input greatly appreciateed , ASAP I got the damn truck in the garage and cant drive until I get this issue solved, THanks!!!
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Critter
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2004
16:29:32
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Same thing happened to me... did the best that I could. We just lets the excess ooz out after drving and then cleaned it up.
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Mopar 8
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2004
18:02:03
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Sounds about right, I called Federal Moguls tech people and they said that there was no way I was gonna get them on by hand, Said to drive them on with a socket or piece of pipe, Only tore 2 of them and they have rubber cement on em now curing so I can button this damn thing up and be done with it,
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DanJ
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2004
19:54:10
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I just changed a ball joint today on the drivers side and had the same problem.
I drilled a hole in a scrap piece of wood the same diameter as the lip on the new boot. Then I used this to press the grease seal into place. I could do it while the ball joint was on the truck, just trim the piece of wood to clear the bolts. It wasn't easy, took a lot of force on the thumbs but I'd already spent about an hour trying everything else to get the boot on.
Dan
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01quadcab4x4
Dodge Dakota
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8/19/2004
23:50:15
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Did my upper driver last weekend, had the same prob. I was able to get about half of it started and that was it. Ended up getting the half on and then took a pair of channel locks (with a towel as a softener) and squeezed it the remainder of the way on. When it did go on it sort of "popped" So far so good no leakage and no tears in the boot
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Mopar8
Dodge Dakota
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8/20/2004
09:25:44
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Some good ideas there guys, I did mine with a peice of aluminum pipe that was the same ID as the seal or so I thought, Uppers went on great, Tore both the lowers and I am pissed, But hell , anything is better than the popping loose factory ones that were on there,Gonna fabricate a cover for them today to keep the dirt out and grease off the rotor,
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MAKDAK
Dodge Dakota
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8/25/2004
21:23:04
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I did the same thing as 01quadcab4x4, using the channel locks. I started one side, and just worked my way around the edge, squeezing the lip of the dust cover over the edge of the ball-joint, going slowly and doing a little at a time. No rips, and it did sort of pop when it went on.
That was the only way I could see to do it!
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