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Re: [TR] Reconnecting ball joint and vertical link

To: Jeffrey Gayton <jtgayton@icloud.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Reconnecting ball joint and vertical link
From: Bob Labuz <yellowtr@adelphia.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 17:46:25 -0500
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Jeff,

I would remove the shock and spring. You will need a spring compressor. 
This requires removal of the bottom ban.  There was a thread on that 
topic last week.

With all that tension, I dont see how you can do it with the spring intact.

Not alot of work if you have a compressor.

Bob

On 01/04/2015 05:20 PM, Jeffrey Gayton wrote:
> Greetings. As you may recall I recently had a memorable experience 
> with the vertical link on my TR4 separating from the ball joint while 
> pulling into my driveway. I?m not trying to put things right, but am 
> having trouble. The workshop manual says to reverse the procedure for 
> separating them with special tool S.166, which seems to be unavailable.
>
> I tried using a jack under the spring pan, but the alignment between 
> the ball joint and vertical link is quite a bit off and requires a lot 
> of tugging on the wheel to get it to come even somewhat close fitting. 
> In the end, the upper wishbone moves up before I?m able to force the 
> link into the ball joint.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Jeff
>

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Jeff,<br>
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      I would remove the shock and spring. You will need a spring
      compressor. This requires removal of the bottom ban.  There was a
      thread on that topic last week.<br>
      <br>
      With all that tension, I dont see how you can do it with the
      spring intact.<br>
      <br>
      Not alot of work if you have a compressor.<br>
      <br>
      Bob<br>
      <br>
      On 01/04/2015 05:20 PM, Jeffrey Gayton wrote:<br>
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      Greetings. As you may recall I recently had a memorable experience
      with the vertical link on my TR4 separating from the ball joint
      while pulling into my driveway. I?m not trying to put things
      right, but am having trouble. The workshop manual says to reverse
      the procedure for separating them with special tool S.166, which
      seems to be unavailable.
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      <div class="">I tried using a jack under the spring pan, but the
        alignment between the ball joint and vertical link is quite a
        bit off and requires a lot of tugging on the wheel to get it to
        come even somewhat close fitting. In the end, the upper wishbone
        moves up before I?m able to force the link into the ball joint.</div>
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      <div class="">Any ideas?</div>
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      <div class="">Thanks!<br class="">
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