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  1. jkg2101

    jkg2101 Karting

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    #1 jkg2101, Oct 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
    I am in the middle of a nut and bolt restoration of my 1982 GTS. as I take apart the front suspension, I find that both upper and lower ball joints have no slop or play them, although they are easy to move around. They feel very dry.
    When I restored my Pantera 20 years ago, which has almost identical suspension, I replaced two of the ball joints, and the other two I just drilled and added grease Zirk so that I could just add some grease.
    Does anyone have any experience greasing the stock ball joints or do you think I’m better off buying new ones? The new ones are kind of pricey
     
  2. Dockboy

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    #2 Dockboy, Oct 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
    What do you consider "pricey" and where/who are you looking at for parts?

    Try https://www.ebay.com/str/maseratisource on Ebay.

    You can get upper or lower ball joints for $100-120 each. Or you can get the complete front end upper/lower ball joints and A-arm bushings for $450.

    I used them on mine and they have over 30k mi. on them with no problems!
     
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  3. moysiuan

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    #3 moysiuan, Oct 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
    How many miles on the car? If less than say 50k miles, there is probably a reasonable amount of life left in that joint.

    It can be hard to detect a worn ball joint, under the high suspension load an otherwise tight feeling joint can get quite sloppy.

    You can use a grease needle and pierce the boot and pump some grease in there. Clean the boot area with alcohol after, and put a dab of weatherstrip cement on the needle hole for greater certainty of the boot remaining sealed from the elements.
     
  4. jkg2101

    jkg2101 Karting

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    #4 jkg2101, Oct 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
    30K miles

    each ball joint is not that expensive but it all adds up quickly.
    the old ones feel reasonable. it is easy to give them some new grease. i am going to replace all suspension and shock bushings. Maybe i will reuse the ball joints

    i'm just recovering from the repaint-whole-car bill. i started out looking to have a couple panels buffed out and ended up with repaint entire car....
     

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