Where so i find cheap socket for upper ball joints on my '65 new yorker?

[1970FuryConv]

I have a Wright 6888 socket That I originally purchased for a 73 Barracuda I had at the time, it fits my 69 Polara perfectly.
It measures about 1-59/64


Alan

I wonder if they used a larger socket on the later cars.

The socket I had for my C-bodies grew legs and walked off some years ago, so I can't measure it. I keep thinking it wasn't the same one as the B-Body but that socket also walked off at the same time. It's a long story... All I have now is a couple early A body sockets.

My sympathies to you. If Mopar adopted a larger upper ball joint for the C bodies, it was later, with the Formals I reckon. The fusies still used the 1 59/64 size.... Didn't the Formals also get a larger rear end, like, 9.25"?

My friend Jerry is a B-Body man. His B-Body socket is 1.925", which is the same as 1 59/64. That is also the measurement for the Moog K772 upper ball joints I bought and for the original upper ball joints on the car. I think B-Body and C-body upper ball joint sockets are the same at least through 1971. Thanks Gerald & Alan!

 

[Big_John]

My friend Jerry is a B-Body man. His B-Body socket is 1.925", which is the same as 1 59/64. That is also the measurement for the Moog K772 upper ball joints I bought and for the original upper ball joints on the car. I think B-Body and C-body upper ball joint sockets are the same at least through 1971. Thanks Gerald & Alan!

So, I looked up K722 and that fits a multitude of cars... and looks like 1961-1978 C-bodies. At least that is what Rock Auto lists.

Now I'm wondering if that is an Imperial or truck socket. I seem to remember getting that info from someplace that I trusted... and it jived with my memory, so I thought it was good.

 

[1970FuryConv]

So, I looked up K722 and that fits a multitude of cars... and looks like 1961-1982 C-bodies. At least that is what Rock Auto lists.

Now I'm wondering if that is an Imperial or truck socket. I seem to remember getting that info from someplace that I trusted... and it jived with my memory, so I thought it was good.

Not sure what 2 9/64 fits. Just to complicate things, in post #3 of this thread, MetalManiacAZ gives a link for the 2 9/64, but says the 1 59/64 fits his 66.

Rock Auto: of course, I thought C-Bodies were 1965-1978. Shows what I know.

 

[Big_John]

Not sure what 2 9/64 fits. Just to complicate things, in post #3 of this thread, MetalManiacAZ gives a link for the 2 9/64, but says the 1 59/64 fits his 66.

Rock Auto: of course, I thought C-Bodies were 1965-1978. Shows what I know.

Geez... When I screw up, it doesn't stop... I saw "New Yorker" and didn't give it another thought.

I edited my post.

I can't edit my first post now... I'll see if I can get a mod to do it later.

 

[1970FuryConv]

Geez... When I screw up, it doesn't stop... I saw "New Yorker" and didn't give it another thought.

I edited my post.

I can't edit my first post now... I'll see if I can get a mod to do it later.

NBD. You're still the great Mopar Guru to me. Like when Big John says it, you know it's true.

 

[MetalManiacAZ]

Not sure what 2 9/64 fits. Just to complicate things, in post #3 of this thread, MetalManiacAZ gives a link for the 2 9/64, but says the 1 59/64 fits his 66.

Rock Auto: of course, I thought C-Bodies were 1965-1978. Shows what I know.

Yeah, sorry if I confused anyone. That's the only active ebay link I could find for a Sunex. The 1 59/64 is what I bought.

 

[Gerald Morris]

Yeah, sorry if I confused anyone. That's the only active ebay link I could find for a Sunex. The 1 59/64 is what I bought.

I did the exact same thing, and likely from the same vendor. It's an adequate socket, for shade-cactus mechanics such as us.

 

[1970FuryConv]

Yeah, sorry if I confused anyone. That's the only active ebay link I could find for a Sunex. The 1 59/64 is what I bought.

No Problem. I should have measured to make sure John's post was correct.

I initiated a return with eBay seller. Haven't heard back.