[s-cars] RE: Help! What's the secret ???

[Fred Munro]

Richard;

You have to seat the tapered shaft to keep it from turning. Use a plastic
dead blow hammer or equivalent. When the taper is seated, the shaft won't
turn when you thread on the nut.

HTH

Fred Munro
'94 S4


-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Richard Tanimura
Sent: May 10, 2004 2:28 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Help! What's the secret ???


I was working on the front suspension today. The tie
rod on my car has a ball joint to the strut like a lot
of other cars.

QUESTION: What is the secret to screwing a nut onto a
ball joint that works; meaning it swivels and rotates.
I cannot figure a way to fix the ball joint hard
enough to keep it from rotating while putting a Nyloc
nut on it. What am I missing here?

Richard
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