Date:         Thu, 7 Aug 2008 23:36:03 -0700
Reply-To:     David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: FAG or SKF wheel bearings?
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After getting the new FAG bearing pressed in I thought it would
be just to put everything back together. Not so...

I think I screwed up some what. I have misused a hand tool that
everyone has one and knows how to use one. It's called a hammer.
Man, it is such a useful tool that I used it all the time. I
always had good result from using it. But not this time.

I smashed the tip of a ball joint a little when I tried to separate
it from the steering structure (don't know its correct name). I did
use a correct Kent Moore ball joint separator. But I also used the
hammer a little. Now when I tried to put the ball joint back to where
it came off and when I tried to screw the lock nut back on it turned
the ball joint. It is a ball on the other end, isn't it? There is
nothing to keep it from turning. I screwed up. Stupid me! Should
have locked that hammer away not reachable too easily.

Any suggestions please? I may need to repair the thread on the tip
(threaded end) of the ball joint too. I realized today that putting
everything back together is harder than taking them apart.

David