Review on 🔧 Dorman 520-224 Front Right Lower Control Arm Ball Joint Assembly for Ford Mercury Models, Black - Enhanced SEO by Matthew Watkins

Stay away from them! Bought both sides and while it's fun to restore the ride quality, the idea was very enticing. That was the price. However, here's the rub. Dorman uses a larger ball joint than the OEM. I found out by accident. After everything was assembled, I found that the oiler that came with the kit was pointing straight up. There is no way to get there. So I worked there with a wrench and removed it and replaced it with the original with a 90 degree nipple. choppy! Cursed a lot. I ended up throwing it away and buying a new one. I was surprised when I tried to squeeze it in. The replacement ball joint is approximately 1/16 inch smaller than the Dorman bore. Round trip to parts depot, 25 miles round trip. They had a Moog "problem solver". ", which was larger, for those with worn holes. I'm guessing if you made a few replacements? Anyway, even this one slipped in and out of the hole. Slide it in there, it'll fail very quickly and cause more damage or cause an accident. As for me, I contact the seller and Dorman. I doubt the seller will do anything for me since it has been installed. I don't trust that and if the connection fails soon I can don't put anything there. In the interest of safety and less work in the future, just order a new OEM and discard. **UPDATE** I wanted to update this to be fair to the manufacturer. I emailed them after last night Sent, Received a reply this morning Although the seller of the Revain has closed the window for a replacement/refund, Dorman retains a lifetime warranty on the part were happy to send me a new control arm to remove the ball joint from and don't delete all that crap. Of course that means I have to wait. Since I had damaged the fitting myself, I decided to just fix the problem. That could mean replacing the wishbone with a Moog or AC Delco with standard size ball joints. I'm not sure what my solution would be, but hopefully this information will help someone else with their purchasing decision.