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Re:Tightening ball-joint nut

To: "'lbc4me@hotmail.com'" <lbc4me@hotmail.com>,
Subject: Re:Tightening ball-joint nut
From: "Lumia, John" <jlumia@ball.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:29:06 -0600
Walter, 

I think all I did was press or lightly tap the arm into the ball joint
taper.  As turning the nut starts to get tight, friction between the
tapered shaft and the tapered hole should keep it from turning. By the
time that the nut begins to seat against the bottom of the link, you
should be able to tighten it to spec with no problem.

John Lumia - 1976 TR6 

Walter Fogle wrote: 
>Can someone tell me how to tighten the ball-joint to vertical link nut 
>without having the ball-joint turn at the same time?  The ball-joint is

>already secured to the upper wishbone. 

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