[DeTomaso] Are upper rear control arms different?

[Mike Drew]

Guys,

The hole that the ball joint presses into is slightly tapered, isn't it?

Mike

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> On Mar 7, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> They look the same to me also, but I have never replaced a rear ball joint.  It seems like there would be some feature in the control arm to position the ball joint.  That might be a difference between right and left.  Right and left have different part numbers.
> 
> Ken
> 
> 
> From: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
> To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; De Tomaso List <detomaso at poca.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Are upper rear control arms different?
> 
> I've never had cause to think about that until now, but are they actually different? Yes they are a mirror image looking at them with ball joints in place, but can one start with bare a-arms and press the upper rear ball joints in from opposite directions?
> 
> My aftermarket adjustable upper rear a-arms are most certainly interchangeable left to right.
> 
> Julian
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> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:34 PM
> To: Ken Green
> Cc: De Tomaso List
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Are upper rear control arms different?
> 
> Ken,
> 
> Are they different from WHAT? Each other? Yes, they are mirror image of one another....
> 
> Mike
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> > On Mar 6, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
> >
> >    I can't find one and am getting to a time when I will need it.  The
> >  only difference I can theorize is if the passage for the ball joint is
> >  directional?  They appear to have different part numbers.
> >  Ken
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   Guys,

   The hole that the ball joint presses into is slightly tapered, isn't
   it?

   Mike
   Sent from my iPad

   On Mar 7, 2016, at 8:58 AM, Ken Green <[1]kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:

   They look the same to me also, but I have never replaced a rear ball
   joint.  It seems like there would be some feature in the control arm to
   position the ball joint.  That might be a difference between right and
   left.  Right and left have different part numbers.
   Ken
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Julian Kift <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
   To: Ken Green <[3]kenn_green at yahoo.com>; Mike Drew
   <[4]MikeLDrew at aol.com>; De Tomaso List <[5]detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:49 PM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Are upper rear control arms different?
   I've never had cause to think about that until now, but are they
   actually different? Yes they are a mirror image looking at them with
   ball joints in place, but can one start with bare a-arms and press the
   upper rear ball joints in from opposite directions?
   My aftermarket adjustable upper rear a-arms are most certainly
   interchangeable left to right.
   Julian
   ________________________________________
   From: DeTomaso <[6]detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Mike Drew
   via DeTomaso <[7]detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Sunday, March 6, 2016 9:34 PM
   To: Ken Green
   Cc: De Tomaso List
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Are upper rear control arms different?
   Ken,
   Are they different from WHAT? Each other? Yes, they are mirror image of
   one another....
   Mike
   Sent from my iPad
   > On Mar 6, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Ken Green via DeTomaso
   <[8]detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
   >
   >    I can't find one and am getting to a time when I will need it.
   The
   >  only difference I can theorize is if the passage for the ball joint
   is
   >  directional?  They appear to have different part numbers.
   >  Ken
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