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Re: Spit Front Upper Ball Joint: help needed

To: Tony Gordon <tgordon@saginaw-city.k12.mi.us>, spitfires@autox.team.net,
Subject: Re: Spit Front Upper Ball Joint: help needed
From: Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 20:58:15 -0500
At 06:36 PM 11/10/99 -0500, Tony Gordon wrote:
>
> The tapered part is so loose that
>it doesn't want to grip the taper in the top of the vertical link (and I
>hope the taper in the link isn't knackered and is still servicable after
>all all!) and so we're having a lot of fun trying to undo the nyloc nut
>which twirls away quite happily without budging an inch.   Have tried
>"holding" the upper wishbone and the link together ... no luck, the nut
>still spins. 
>
Tony,

On other cars I have cut a "screwdriver slot" into the bottom of the
threaded portion so I can prevent it from turning while loosening the nut.
I used a Dremel and a cutting wheel to make the slot.

Good Luck,

Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA

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