Rear BBK ball joint adapters

Projectblackfx

Projectblackfx

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2007 FX35 AWD
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Singh
Looking for the turbocad ball joint adapters so I can do the rear akebono bbk upgrade. If anyone has them for sale please let me know.
 
Projectblackfx said:
So I ended up finding an alternative solution (so I'm told), apparently conceptZperformance sells the ball joint seat you need to change to s51 knuckles. If anyone is interested here is the link:


https://conceptzperformance.com/nissan-infiniti-infiniti-oem-rear-lower-upper-ball-joint-seat-fx50-09-13-40173 eg000_p_26108.php#description
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This will not work with the S50 upper arms, the ones turbocad had machined were the outter diameter of the ones posted but the inner was machined fot the taper of the S50 upper arm ball joints
 
J3FF3R$0N said:
This will not work with the S50 upper arms, the ones turbocad had machined were the outter diameter of the ones posted but the inner was machined fot the taper of the S50 upper arm ball joints
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Talked to someone at conceptzperformance and they sent me a link to this part saying it would work and have done it apparently. I already have the S51 Knuckles, going to be installing the rear brakes next year at this point so hopefully I can find a solution by then.

Comparing pictures is this a situation where close enough is good enough?
 

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Projectblackfx said:
Talked to someone at conceptzperformance and they sent me a link to this part saying it would work and have done it apparently. I already have the S51 Knuckles, going to be installing the rear brakes next year at this point so hopefully I can find a solution by then.

Comparing pictures is this a situation where close enough is good enough?
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Here is the original thread
G37 / FX50 Akebono Brake Retrofit

they start talking about the balljoint seats in post #70 its written that the custom one is need but I dont see anything about why the OEM doesnt work
 
J3FF3R$0N said:
Here is the original thread
G37 / FX50 Akebono Brake Retrofit

they start talking about the balljoint seats in post #70 its written that the custom one is need but I dont see anything about why the OEM doesnt work
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Yeah went through that thread I haven't heard of anyone try this except on instagram, but the person got his FX upgraded by z car garage and isn't sure if they used the OEM balljoint seats. I received the the balljoint seats today, like you mentioned the inner diameter does appear to be slightly different from the turbocad ones. Going to talk to my mechanic see what he thinks. IMG_20211001_125418.jpg IMG_20211001_125428.jpg IMG_20211001_125442.jpg
 
I gave up on finding these, so went ahead and upgraded the rear brakes without changing the knuckles. Pads are sitting about half an inch above the rotors. Been 6 months already. Very happy with braking power.
Just my 2 cent...
 
motesound said:
I gave up on finding these, so went ahead and upgraded the rear brakes without changing the knuckles. Pads are sitting about half an inch above the rotors. Been 6 months already. Very happy with braking power.
Just my 2 cent...
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Good to know, if I can't find a solution by next spring I may just go and do the same thing.
 
For anyone interested wanted to confirm this does work you don't need custom ball joint adapters. Been driving around for a couple days now without any issues.
 

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Projectblackfx said:
For anyone interested wanted to confirm this does work you don't need custom ball joint adapters. Been driving around for a couple days now without any issues.
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Hi...I'm looking to do this also and I already have the S51 knuckles like you did. Just wanted to confirm you did install the knuckles w/o the ball joint adapters and it works fine...thx man
 
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