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[TR] Reconnecting ball joint and vertical link

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Subject: [TR] Reconnecting ball joint and vertical link
From: Jeffrey Gayton <jtgayton@icloud.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 14:20:08 -0800
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Greetings. As you may recall I recently had a memorable experience with =
the vertical link on my TR4 separating from the ball joint while pulling =
into my driveway. I=E2=80=99m not trying to put things right, but am =
having trouble. The workshop manual says to reverse the procedure for =
separating them with special tool S.166, which seems to be unavailable.

I tried using a jack under the spring pan, but the alignment between the =
ball joint and vertical link is quite a bit off and requires a lot of =
tugging on the wheel to get it to come even somewhat close fitting. In =
the end, the upper wishbone moves up before I=E2=80=99m able to force =
the link into the ball joint.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

-- Jeff


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class=3D"">Greetings. As you may recall I recently had a memorable =
experience with the vertical link on my TR4 separating from the ball =
joint while pulling into my driveway. I=E2=80=99m not trying to put =
things right, but am having trouble. The workshop manual says to reverse =
the procedure for separating them with special tool S.166, which seems =
to be unavailable.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I =
tried using a jack under the spring pan, but the alignment between the =
ball joint and vertical link is quite a bit off and requires a lot of =
tugging on the wheel to get it to come even somewhat close fitting. In =
the end, the upper wishbone moves up before I=E2=80=99m able to force =
the link into the ball joint.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Any ideas?</div><div class=3D""><br =
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