after removing the track rod nyloc nut to renew the suspension bushes, about to reassemble but ,
trying to tighten the locking nut again and the whole thread is turning, is there a nut under the bottom cap? make any sence/>?

rob..

The track rod can rotate in a ball joint near the steering rack.

There should be a flat surface somewhere on the rod itself just before the threaded part - put a spanner on this then try and tighten things up - should do the trick.

put your jack under the track rod end and lift it up on it , then tightn the nut

I think you have to find some way of pressing the TRE into the taper of the steering arm so that friction stops the thing turning. Try a clamp from under the TRE to the top of the steering arm.

BTW, you ARE using NEW nyloc aren't you ?

umm i was not using new nyloc but now you have said that! perhaps i will...

is there a specific grade of nut!?

Bolts seem to have all kinds of grades, but nuts seem to be just nuts!

FWB on threemilestone industrial estate have every single type of fastener known to man in stock and for 4p per 100!

Ahhh FWB...........just ask for Mr Longwaite.

i know where im going tomorrow!

cheers mark!

the track rod has a taper that fits into t he steering arm - it is inevitably a bugger to get off and also when you come to do the nut, it is notorious for spinning round as you have discovered.

put a jack under the track rod end and lift up - the friction will prevent it tunring.

if you have a plain nut, not nloc, then that would pull the taper in, you then remove and replace it by a nyloc.

the part into which the track rod end screws in will have a flat or hex machined - you simply hold that with a spanner, and do up the lock nut.

easy peasy.

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Originally posted by robinbastd
Ahhh FWB...........just ask for Mr Longwaite.

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what about the Tartan paint...?

but did you manage to find your nuts while you were there?