Reply to "Mangusta ball joints"

Ben,

There is an upper and a lower 124 ball joint. Unfortunately, I do not know which is the one we need! I haven't had time to look the number up in the chassis parts book yet.....

I purchased my ball joints from DeTomaso when I was there back in 96. I have two different lower a-arms (type 1 & 2) on my car as Jack mentioned, and #3 types sitting on my shelf. There was no problem fitting the new BJ's to either of the arms in my car. I confess that I did not check the fit to the newer versions on the shelf but presume that they would fit..... I do remember that the BJ housings were cast iron looking vs stamped and crimped steel...(which BLEW apart into multiple pieces!)

I also regret not taking any pictures of the new units before I put them in....digital photography was just starting to blossom back then.......and the pictures were tiny...out of the little cameras that were affordable...

If we can definitively determine which ball joint you need, I'm sure Chris will exchange yours.

Some day I need to dig out an a-arm and haul it up to my local Fiat guru and see whusup!

Steve