Been looking for good replacement ball joints for Crossfire 150r's for a couple of years now as the replacements Ive found on buggys sites or eBay etc have always had an extremely tiny ball and socket and dont even last a month of hard riding. You can also drill and retap your regular Crossfire 150s to accept the bigger 150r balljoints.
Well i have finally found what i believe to be decent replacements that can be bought for less than 10 bucks a piece on rockauto and can also be had at your local parts house. These are right side inner tie-rod ends for 97-2001 Cadillac Catera. All 4 on the 150r are right hand thread.
These start at 6.24 on rockauto and go up from there.
ULTRA-POWER ES80559
QUICK STEER ES80559
ACDELCO 46A1156A
MAS TI22022
MEVOTECH MES80559
LEMFÖRDER 1470401
MOOG ES80559 (This is the one i bought to try as i got it for 5$ shipped on ebay)
ACDELCO 45A1156 (This one looks practically identical to a stock 150r balljoint)
Only bad is none of these have grease fittings nor can they except cotter keys.
1960s VWs also have 14mm shank but the spindle end is to small but can work in a pinch.
http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/c...e+rod+end,7428
Will update if i find others that work as ive found a few more that look like they will fit but ill have to try them sometime and see. Any questions feel free to ask.
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