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[sev]

Hi all,

As we speak i'm in the process of doing the wishbones, brakes and suspension front and rear.

As of 10am I haven't got very far, as i'm still on the offside front!

The new wishbone is now on, and to be honest, getting it off and fitting the new one has been a walk in the park!

However, getting the steering knuckle off has been fun:
It was galled onto the lower ball joint, and the wheelspeed sensor just crumbled when I undid the bolt!

I've cleaned up the hole ready for a new one, and have cleaned up the splines it reads from.

The brake disk retaining bolt had to have a T40 hammered into it to free it as it was rounded off and done up by a gorilla, and the halfords brake pads were poo, and of the wrong type - smaller than my GM ones!

I'm in the process of changing the springs on the shocks over, the old springs are gm, but now sit 15mm lower than my new boge springs, and the shock when pressed down took a full minute to push itself back out!  All new bolts and nuts, and they've all had a coating of environmental wax on them just for good measure!

The other side'll be a lot quicker as i've got my head around how i'm going to approach it.

Other than not having a crowsfoot to torque the top shock nuts to damper rod, my main issue is this:

On refitting the steering rod to the knuckle, I can't get it to stop spinning when I try to tighten the new nut onto it  

any suggestions?

[Kevin Wood]

On refitting the steering rod to the knuckle, I can't get it to stop spinning when I try to tighten the new nut onto it  Cry

any suggestions?

Try tapping the top of the balljoint to locate the tapered end into the knuckle, or even clamp the two together if you can find something that will fit.

Failing that, use a non-locking nut to start with, as that will screw on with less friction, torque it up, and then replace with a locking nut once the balljoint taper has been pulled fully home into the knuckle.

Kevin

[unlucky alf]

if you are talking about getting the trackrod end onto the hub then put a jack under the rod end & lift it til its starting to lift the suspension, then try & tighten it up, should be o,k

[sev]

Tim, Kevin, thanks, I used a g-clamp to wind the first part in, and them jacked under the rest.  It worked a treat!  Many thanks to both of you!