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Help!

ive removed the front offside ball joint as the gaiter was perished and the joint itself wasn’t in great nick

Attempting to install the replacement which I thought should be easy enough but I can’t tighten the nyloc which holds the ball joint to the vertical link - the joint itself turns as well as the nut!

I had assumed the fitting was tapered and would self grip - an I doing something wrong or could I have been sent the wrong part?  I bought it from ANG classic car parts and it claims to be for a TR6 - part number GSJ131 (same as Rimmers)

Any suggestions gratefully received. 

Steve

Edited by Percy TR6
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You need to apply pressure to the taper for it to grip & oil on the threads to reduce friction.

I have this king of problem all the time, sometimes I get around it by putting a length

of wood between the ball joint and the wheel arch & jacking up the lower suspension arm until

the taper grips.

                                       Harvey S. Maitland

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