Safety from what? I've never done it and never had any safety issues. You would need to conduct a controlled experiment (i.e. 2 otherwise identical cars subject to identical conditions) to prove that it works. Nothing personal. In my opinion it's pointless and creates future maintenance problems.
John Nasta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Riggins Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:07 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] suspension rebuild It's a safety measure, and it works. John Nasta wrote: > Yeah, until the next time you want to change them. Unless you are beating on > the car heavily, it serves no purpose. > > John Nasta > > -----Original Message----- > > Good idea... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Someone is suggesting that after having my front control arms powder > coated & > > bushings & ball joints installed I should have the lower ball joints tack > > welded. Is this a good/bad idea? > > > > Neal S. > > 66 Malibu Convert.

