[s-cars] Front Suspension - Lower Pinch Bolt Question

[Peter Schulz]

Manny:

If it helps at all, I had to pop the passenger side ball joint the other weekend to replace a torn outer CV boot.

Upon reinstallation, I also had trouble with the ball join pinch bolt not easily going through the pinch slot on the strut upright.
Not wanting to damage the bolt thread by tapping it in with a hammer, I levered the same pry bar I used to pop the joint to relieve some pressure and inserted the pinch bolt fully.

I'll leave the rest of the description for the remedial class with a sex therapist.

-Peter

On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:34 AM, Manuel Sanchez wrote:

> Fellow S-heads,
> 
> I am in the process of re-installing the hub/strut uprights back into  
> the S6 and I have a question regarding the lower control arm ball  
> joint with regard as to where it should be located for proper  
> tightening.
> 
> One one side of the car the ball joints male end is crammed into the  
> female portion (OK,OK, this is an easy softball for your knucklehead  
> jokes) of the strut housing upright further than the other other  
> side. The side that is penetrating deeper (ducks and covers) would  
> seem to interfere with the axle, in that the tip of the ball joint  
> shaft is touching a portion of the axle. The other side of the car  
> does not have such deep penetration. I did not pry this joint apart  
> during removal (which does not mean that someone else did not I  
> suppose).
> 
> So the big question is, how far should the lower control arms  
> balljoint shaft stick out (if at all) above the strut housing  
> uprights joint.
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-Peter Schulz
Chelmsford Ma, USA
http://www.naaclub.org/

1995.5 S6 Avant Emerald/Ecru
1995.5 S6 Avant Silver/Platinum
1991 90Q 20v Q Red
1991 90Q 20v Indigo
1991 CQ silver  (eS2 recipient)