I have solved the problem described in an earlier post below. Or rather
answered my questions about it. Since a few listers requested I forward my
findings, I am doing so to the list so that others may benefit.
At the suggestion of a member of the racefab list, I made up a couple of
"turntable" devices to allow me to test the steering with the suspension
weighted properly. (2 pieces of old vinyl flooring with a layer of grease in
between under each front wheel). When I tried the same test as described
below, the wheels turned quite easily by hand. I am therefore satisfied with
the ball joints I got from TRF and my subsequent installation of them. At
least so far, it's been about 2500 miles.
--- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO Calgary,Canada ---
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Zaborski
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 1998 9:07 AM
> To: 'TR6 List'
> Subject: tr6 ball joints
>
> A couple of months ago I replaced my upper ball joints with
> TRF ones made in Taiwan. At first I noticed that the steering
> was fairly tight. Raising the front wheels off the ground
> confirmed this as I could not move the front wheels from side
> to side (ie. as if the steering wheel was being turned)
> without GREAT effort. I'm being advised locally that there
> should not be such binding in the steering of a car. Well
> after about 2000 miles of driving, the ball joints have not
> loosened any. Although I understand the merits of a "tight"
> front end, I think I may have a problem with excessively
> tight ball joints.
>
> Can anyone offer insights on this? All I have to go on is
> that the ones I replaced allowed the steering action to be
> easily initiated with the front wheels off the ground (ie.
> one hand would move the wheels from side to side).
>
> --- Peter Zaborski CF58310UO Calgary,Canada ---
>
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