I haven't read all of my "Digest" so I don't know if anyone has topped the
52 in August but I am 52 in May. If I qualify as the elder statesman it
should qualify me for a free beer at any event I attend.
As an asside from the age thing. Non of us drives a Roadster because it
is necessarily better than a Miata. I drive mine because it is fairly
rare, easy to work on (read as BASIC), I have a history with one ( I went
on my honeymoon in my first one), but probably most importantly what keeps
me interested in it is this group. Every day, I read the Digest with
interest and enjoyment. It is like getting part of a magizine about my car
everyday. Its not as huge as, say, the MG group and not as self important
as the Porche and BMW group. It's just a good part of a great hobby.
NOW FOR A QUESTION. I am redoing all of my steering and suspension. I am
trying to determine if I need to replace the ball joints. The test I have
used isto put a 2X4 on edge under my rotor, angled out at a 45 deg angle
from under the car and push up with my shoulder. I see no movement in the
ball joints. I do see some in area of the bushings of my A-arm but that is
easily understood and fixed. Is my test sufficient? Some say just replace
the balljoints, period. That may be prudent but expensive. Any ideas ??
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