4 replies to this topic

[rawky]

Hi there,

I am doing my ball joints at the moment; lapped them, shimmed them with no spring until they span easily with my fingers and didn't snag at all, and then fitted the spring.

With the spring however, I can't spin it by hand and it takes more force to move it. Is it ok? Dont want my wheel to fall off!

Cheers

[Yoda]

If it was OK without the spring, then you are good to go! Just keep them regularly greased, something a lot of people forget to do these days.

[bmcecosse]

If it 'spins easily' without the spring - that's TOO LOOSE !! It should 'just' be able to be moved about with a ring key hooked over the shaft - without the spring....... The spring is basically just an anti-rattle device.

[rawky]

I just can't believe that something like that would be engineered so that you had to make it so tight that it only moves with a spanner.

There is no play in the thing at all, and I don't see why it needs to be so very tight!

[rawky]

Fitted the hub for a test today and there is no play at all so I am struggling to understand your advice? Regardless I will carry on!