Information needed on balljoints

[oldcorollas]

What about a sleeve made to slip over the ball joint and fit the hole?

i have heard of it being done with random materials... even bronze!

the point of the taper is that it takes the force and does the holding, and the nut is a back up (which is why they are a bastard to remove )
i wonder if you could have a thin sleeve such that you still have the self holding characteristic?

since stuff like this is used in industry, it would be interesting to see what they find acceptable, and what loads/conditions for...
vibration and shock loading in car bits is not normal for machinery tho (mayeb badly made machinery )

hmm..... i wonder how hard it actually is to get a ball joint custom built, (is that what you were suggesting?) ie, as lond as the balls are good fit, swap the taper/ball over to new tie rod end housing thingy......

hmmm... all the ones i have seen for cars are press fit and don't look easily removable... is that the case for all?

[clubagreenie]

It's what I was suggesting. The range rover drop arm off the steer box later model were rebuildable and you got a new ball/taper pin in the kit. We made replacement heavy duty ones for heavier duty tie rods.

The sleeve I would suggest would be bronze or steel, but you're the metalurgist.

Or put it all together and add material and sinter it all together.