Many years ago, Alan Bent created a list of non-nissan
interchangable parts for the roadster. For the ball
joints, the following was listed as a replacement:
Ball joint
------------
upper - Mackay BJA8
lower - Mackay BJA9
I have no idea where these ball joints would be found,
but he does list these as replacements:
http://dsoanews.tripod.com/non_gen_66_1600.htm
Thanks,
Dan Zubkoff
San Mateo, CA
--- Perry Smith <tpsmithstl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Okay, I'm not much on particular cars, but the
> Volvo caliper thing got me thinking. As it turns
> out, TRW looks to be the original manufacturer of
> the lower ball-joints on the 1968(~61-72) Volvo
> P-1800. There was a thread on the I-net (searched
> through Google) that indicated that TRW would never
> make these parts again, blah, blah, blah...
>
> I coupled this with the information (and the fact I
> purchased the manifold splitter) for the Volvo brake
> conversion (about the same year) and came up with a
> site (speedycarparts.com) that sells the replacement
> lower ball-joint for the P1800 for about $72.00. I
> looked at the part and - I know most ball-joints
> look similar, are these parts interchangable as
> well? I'm sure there were many more Volvo's made
> than our Roadsters, but knowing the Japanese
> "borrowed" designs wherever possible (U20 -
> Mercedes-Benz, SU's, etc.) is it possible they
> borrowed the lower ball-joint designs from someone
> else as well?
>
> There was also a picture posted here yesterday that
> was of that saem part.
>
> If I'm way off base here, just let me know, but if
> anyone has one of these Volvo lower-ball joint's on
> hand (or can get their hands on one), is it possible
> to check the design/measurements? These ball joints
> looked to be plentiful (an Italian and German
> manufacturer were listed on the site where I saw the
> picture).
>
> Perry Smith
> '68 2000
>
> Graeme Suckling <graemes@saonline.com.au> wrote:
> Have a look at this eBay item: -
>
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4536423938&ssPage
> Name=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
> Might just buy these and compare them with my SP310
> BJ's
>
>
> Regards,
> Graeme Suckling
> 1965 SP310
> 1971 P510
> 1972 PL510
> 1973 HS30
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290669159
> Adelaide
> South Australia.
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