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Any suggestions on reassembling pinch bolts with ball joints? For some reason the bolts are difficult to slide in and actually are stripping out before I can get them tight. Im thinking about taking it all apart, sliding the ball joint back out and using a large chisel to respread the jaws, in hopes of "squaring" everything up and then trying to reassemble. Just looking for anyone thats allready fought this battle. Thanks.
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OH YES!! BATTLE!!! The ball joint is seated too far down. Raise it back out of the spindle some, and it will line up the way it should.Have owned 9 so far
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thanks, i will give it a try. when i look through the pinch bolt hole, the large metal pin coming up out of the ball joint is actually partly sticking into the pinch bolt hole, and that is what is stripping the bolt(trashing the bolt threads as we try to push it through)Comment
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Never had that problem if the hole is lined up.
Pick up on the yoke some off the control arm so to keep the weight off the bolt.
Use some penetrating lubricate like Blaster.
Don't use a air wrench on this to remove or you could strip the threads.
Dean
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I have had a couple get in a bind and ended up taking off the first threads thinking it was close enough to line it up as it passed through the hole. The easiest way I found to line it up is to take a pry bar between the axle and balljoint stud, and just nudge it down enough that the bolt passes through as it should. If it gives you ANY interference, it isn't lined up.Have owned 9 so far
White 89 L converted to LX "The Curmudgeon" Being a Curmudgeon right now.
Blue 89 L converted to LX "Shtinky" FMS crate engine,cam,flywheel,hail dents
Smurf Blue 90 LX "Smurffy" He Ran Away From Home!!!!!! Says Willie loves him more than I did!
Red 88 L converted to LX "Rasta, Mon" Now retired
Where did all these @#*&%$ Toyotas come from around here?Comment
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You can also put a flashlight on the "far end" of the bore & see when the ball joint stud is more-or-less aligned with the bolt hole in the steering knuckle. You want to see the curved part of the stud, which is milled to accept the bolt, centered in the bore. If you see the "straight" part of the stud, it's either too high or too low w/r/t the bore.
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It helps when you can still see...... I thought I had them lined up only to find out just how bad my eyesight is getting.Have owned 9 so far
White 89 L converted to LX "The Curmudgeon" Being a Curmudgeon right now.
Blue 89 L converted to LX "Shtinky" FMS crate engine,cam,flywheel,hail dents
Smurf Blue 90 LX "Smurffy" He Ran Away From Home!!!!!! Says Willie loves him more than I did!
Red 88 L converted to LX "Rasta, Mon" Now retired
Where did all these @#*&%$ Toyotas come from around here?Comment
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LOL! I can certainly identify with that issue! Astigmatism sux!Originally posted by m715 View Post
Focustiva: Because I was told it was was impossible to fit a Focus bumper on a Festiva.
In memory of Dean Allen - V8 Festiva 1955-2010Comment
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^^ You old guys crack me up.
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Just wait! It will come....Have owned 9 so far
White 89 L converted to LX "The Curmudgeon" Being a Curmudgeon right now.
Blue 89 L converted to LX "Shtinky" FMS crate engine,cam,flywheel,hail dents
Smurf Blue 90 LX "Smurffy" He Ran Away From Home!!!!!! Says Willie loves him more than I did!
Red 88 L converted to LX "Rasta, Mon" Now retired
Where did all these @#*&%$ Toyotas come from around here?Comment
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^^ROFLMAO!!
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Focustiva: Because I was told it was was impossible to fit a Focus bumper on a Festiva.
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Why, you young whippersnapper! I'm gonna drink my Geritol and come and give you what-fer!Originally posted by batstiva View Post^^ You old guys crack me up.90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
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just use a hammer to tap it up or down till the bolt slides in....no biggie."FLTG4LIFE" @FINALLEVEL , "PBH"
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^^"TAP" being the operative word here! For this operation, leave the BFH in the trunk!
Focustiva: Because I was told it was was impossible to fit a Focus bumper on a Festiva.
In memory of Dean Allen - V8 Festiva 1955-2010Comment
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^^ exactly , unless you have good self control when wielding such an awesome weapon/tool. LOL"FLTG4LIFE" @FINALLEVEL , "PBH"
89L Silver EFI auto
91GL Green Auto DD
There ain't no rest for the wicked
until we close our eyes for good.
I will sleep when I die!
I'm a little hunk of tin, nobody knows what shape I'm in. I've got four wheels and a running board, I'm not a Chevy, I'M A FORD!Comment
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