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 VWCOOL
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| posted on March 17th, 2008 at 10:16 AM |
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Ball joint/Tie rod assembly
What's the best way to assemble tie rods and ball joint tapers? Clean and rust-free of course - but should there be a smear of 'never seize' or
grease applied before they get squeezed together to make disassembly easier?? Oil? Moly? Graphite? I have been doing a lot of R&R of these in past
weeks and some come apart easily; others need liberal doses of the FBH!
Sometimes the tapers are 'too' loose, allowing the BJ to spin in its taper before the nut is completely off - very frustrating!
What do you do?
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on March 17th, 2008 at 11:31 AM |
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Use Moly grease...............................to remove or tighten the nut when the shaft rotates you place a jack under the lower arm and apply a
load to it (This is with the car on Stands, jack under the arm). This will be enough load to stop the shaft rotating.
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 vw54
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| posted on March 17th, 2008 at 05:07 PM |
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I wouldnt use any grease as thtas what makes them slip
as per above if there still slipping with teh load applied then u can use a center punch a few times on thetaper surface to add a little grip but
thats only a drastic measure
when yo have to remove the F B H is good and i havea brickies hammer square head works well
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68AutoBug
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| posted on March 17th, 2008 at 10:39 PM |
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it took a 30 tonne press to take My ball joints out
a 10 tonne press wouldn't touch them...
but on the taper shaft I use lithium based Moly grease on them... [or never seize]
and use a jack to take the nuts off...
if they turn.. but as they are new they don't normally turn
ball joints and tie rod ends...
when i want to take them off..
I don't want any problems..
Lee
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