Bob the Builder
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 12:21 PM |
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Uprights + Ball Joints
Hi all,
This is probably a very sill question (please forgive my stupidity), but......
How tight should the nuts be on the tapered bit of the ball joints my cortina uprights fix to?
I presume they should be quite tight, so the ball joint rotates with the upright when steering - ie the upright doesn't just turn on this
tapered bit.
Rob
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tks
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 01:16 PM |
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well
i just give it a full and pair of good swings with my "ratle??"
don't forget that some parts move when trying to fix, you should then presit with a good force in wards... (soow the nut comes lose..)
TKS
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clbarclay
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 01:40 PM |
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On a ford sierra the book says 65 to 85 Nm (48 to 63 foot pounds) for lower ball joint.
Escort mk 2 is about 50 Nm (30 to 35 foot pounds)
[Edited on 4/3/05 by clbarclay]
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britishtrident
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 02:41 PM |
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For the ball joints it roughly translates to a damm good pull on a standard length socket ratchet.
For the trackrod ends just an ordinary good pull will do.
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carnut
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 07:54 PM |
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A good thing to do when putting something onto a taper is to use a plane nut to pull it onto the taper then take off the plain nut and refit with
nyloc etc.
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 08:19 PM |
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i just give it a full and pair of good swings with my "ratle??"
I think you mean ratchet TKS. Just be careful not to overdo it as it's possible to get over 100lb/ft with a ratchet handle. I had a bottom
balljoint strip on me once and I suspect it was because I was too enthusiastic tightening it up and weakened it in the process.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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