Hi Jeff, Push down on the upper control arm to seat the shaft of the balljoint into the steering knuckle. You need to firmly seat the joint - The taper will lock it enough to tighten down the nut. TomC TomC tcarrington@relitech.com http://www.relitech.com/tomc http://volksweb.relitech.com http://checkerweb.relitech.com 85 Vanagon Crew Cab 82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 81 Checker A-11 (Taxi) 65 Notchback > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Kennedy [SMTP:kennedy@THERIVER.COM] > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 10:12 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Help! with balljoints > > okay, its late on a saturday night, and i want to go home, but... > > I replaced the pass. side ball joints today, lower one was a bear, but i > got > it. Now, on the reassembly, I can't get the locknut to tighten on the > upper > ball joint. It just spins with the shaft, won't spin independently to > tighten. I've tried everything I could think of, twice, no dice. HELP! > > thanks, > Jeff |
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