Ball joint and steering knuckle

[Bill Scott]

Hi all!

I been reading thru all the posts on steering knuckle and ball joints, but not sure they're helping me, so apologies if there's already something out there for this...

I've got a 72 240, pulled apart the front suspension and now putting things back.  I bought new ball joints and have the original steering knuckle.  I know the new ball joint stud is a bit wider than the old one, but when I put the knuckle on, it seems to drop over the stud about the same as the old and I wouldn't have to ream it out.  What am I missing or doing wrong?

 

Appreciate the help!

Bill

 

[Dave WM]

did you try measuring the taper? better than trying to eyeball it.

[Bill Scott]

Thanks Dave.  I'll need to buy a digital caliper today to measure.  where on the stud should I measure and if I need to measure the height, is it ok to take the boot off the new one to do this?