Which Lower Ball Joints are used in the MP Brakes conversion kit??

[CornDogsCharger]

I was wondering if anyone has replaced the lower ball joints that were included in the MP Brakes disc brake conversion kit?  The reason I ask... I did some trading and acquired a complete disc brake conversion kit that had less than 200 miles on it.  The person who removed it from the car tore the dust boots and also 'mushroomed' the threads from hitting it with a hammer.  Instead of trying to repair them, I'd rather just replace the lower ball joints and start fresh.  The kits uses a OE style single piston calipers and most everything looks like OE replacement parts.  I'm just trying to figure out what application I need to order them for.  With so many different tie rod sizes, I wanted to get the right part.  Thanks for any advice.

Justin

[John_Kunkel]

The B-body lower ball joint is the same from '62-'72 regardless of brake type. The ball joint is part of the steering arm.

[CornDogsCharger]

Thanks. That's what I figured too but I wanted to make sure I wasn't lost about something. I guess the reason for my confusion is that this kit was removed from a 69 Charger and I will be installing it on my 69 Charger... and so the tie rod ends were still attached to the lower ball joint, but the threads were much larger than the ones on my car. I know on these cars, once you change change one thing out on the steering with a part that wasn't intended for the car, it becomes a chain reaction of changing out parts.

I believe a 1973-up steering box would work on these cars, but required a different pitman arm and the joint was a larger diameter... which starts the chain reaction of replacing everything else. I'm thinking that may have been the case here. 


Justin
"CornDog"

[HPP]

The taper on the tie rod end mounts does not change between the 9/16 and 11/16 diameter tie rods. The taper in the pitman and idler mounts do  not change between the various years either despite changes in both of those parts mounting method and thread size.