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Dear all..

This is my front setup in my b310.

-b310 lca
-a10 knuckle arm.
-910 strut

The knuckle arm from injection b310 where w50 (longer) ball joint was fitted.

I couldn't find the w50 ball joint near my area. So, will there be any issue if I use shorter ball join?

Please advice.

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See W50 ball joint

The W50 balljoint was fitted to B310 SGX and GXE (fuel injected B310) square headlight models. It was an option for round-headlight version.

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My question is, can I use standard b310 ball joint (short)?
Will there be any issue?
Yes, both types of B310 ball joints use the same LCA.

H74 vs W50
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My notes say that both balljoints have the same taper, so they should fit either H74 or W50 Knuckle Arms.

The hot tip is to use "Quick Knuckle Arms". These are the H74 arms machined to accept the 2" struts. The bolt holes are drilled out to M12 size, spaced further apart. See Quick Ratio Arm

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many thanks mate.. will post some picture after i complete my front suspension. right now im servicing the steering gear box....

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my car have positive camber with the h74 ball joint, so if i managed to get and replace with w50, i will have zero or negative camber right?

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It will increase the track width of the tyres. It will also require re-alignment

Positive camber is factory specification for B110. If you replace H74 with W50 ball joint, it will change to less positive camber (possibly 0 but still positive -- spec is 1/2 to 2 degrees)

If this is about your B310:
* W50 B310 struts are 10 minutes more positive than H74 B310 struts, while camber spec is 25 minute more positive. I think it means you gain 35 minutes (around 1/2 degree) negative camber by changing to W50 balljoints?

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B310 Specs:
* H74 suspension camber: -25' to 1°05'
* W50 suspension camber: 0° to 1°30'

The difference in the struts is 10', so it seems that the difference from the balljoints is 35' (1/2 degree)? If that is correct, replacing H74 with W50 balljoint will make it -55' to +30' -- so possibly negative, but also possibly slightly positive

The slightly positive specs result in best tyre wear on crowned road surface. Changing to negative camber results in slightly better cornering on flat road surface, at the expense of slightly increased wear on straight roads

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Many thanks

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