My little trick to this is like Joe said,
Take an open end wrench bigger than the joint, shove it in, and then add a
screwdriver and pull on it.
Tighten down on the nut.
I found this out when I tried to extract the ball joints on my 71 Spit.
It's the same thing just backwards.
Good luck
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:51 PM
To: Rob Travis
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: as the ball joint turns
Rob,
The trick is to use a large screwdriver or some other device to force the
pieces apart while tightening the nut. That makes the ball
try to rub against the joint until the nut is tight enough to prevent it
from spinning on its own.
Joe
Rob Travis wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After removing the ball joints on my 65 MKII, I can't get the new ones
> to stop spinning as I try to tighten the nylox nut. Is there a trick to
this
> or worse yet... a special tool I must purchase?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rob
>
> 50 days to Triumphest 2000 and counting
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