RustyNissanPrairie Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 impact sockets have thicker walls and arnt chrome plated-standard sockets can fail at the thin areas towards the edge of the hex and the chrome can crack if used on an air gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eds Posted February 12, 2012 Author Share Posted February 12, 2012 I'm going to order the laser air impact one then............ Thanks :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sugden Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I did my 1st drop arm ball joint at the weekend following the tech archive and found it to go quite smoothly only taking an hour and half. I was expecting the swine to be an all day jobby as I've read it can be. The only delay I had really was the fiddly little boot retaining clip round the top of the boot. In the end the circlip pliers managed to open the clip enough to get it over the boot. I'd already bought a bearmach ball joint kit before I read about the conversion so went ahead and fitted the repair kit anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dads Toy Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Apart from the messing around when I changed my ball joint, the boot never sat on the arm on mine - there was no lip to hold it on. With nothing apart from a zip tie to hold it on it was never going to last long so I did the conversion plus HD steering bar. So far am well pleased with it and when the time comes to change the joint I know it will straightforward. Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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