Reading them is one thing. Understanding them is another.
CK5
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Pbbth
Someone screwed up translating the directions from Chinese.
Yeah, and as much as I reference the service manual and not the parts manual, you would think I would know betterHuh... My Haynes said tighten to certain preload. And I think it was like 12-18#.
Yep, cuz that’s no bueno
I guess I got lucky when I slammed the ball joints in the new to me knuckle last fall. I didn't have any excessive drag that I could feel when I turned it. I had left the adjuster exactly where it was with the old ball joint though. It was a moog that was in there before and moog was what I put back in. Blind luck I guess.
It seems like I read those same directions when i did 3 axles around here. I even believe that my Chilton manual from 1989 says the same.
I am starting to think that it's a good thing that I got rid of my blue longbed..
Babaganooshed!!!
I am starting to think that it's a good thing that I got rid of my blue longbed..
Babaganooshed!!!
I should feel bad but blue long beds are sexy @Bent77It seems like I read those same directions when i did 3 axles around here. I even believe that my Chilton manual from 1989 says the same.
I am starting to think that it's a good thing that I got rid of my blue longbed..
Babaganooshed!!!
Do you want the number for the guy who wired the van I was working on? He has time.
Does bro-flo have a 12v constant and a 12v ignition feed?
Sweet
yep, lost the ignition feed. Did some trail repairs and drove home
When I did the first one 35 years ago I didn't have any instructions or any manuals so I took the pieces and tried to figure out what that nut is for it took me 3 days to figure it must be to adjust the distance between the two ball joints so the weight is on both at the same time so I tightened the bottom one good n tite and snugged the adjuster sleeve to take up any slack then turned the nut a quarter turn using a flat screwdriver, I didn't have the right tool.
Then I tightened the top nut.
Never had a problem with it and I always did it that way.
I also do my bearing preload by feel, so
I hate "by feel" stuff. Trailer wheel bearings are always a challenge for me because I can't stop thinking "did I get them too tight... actually maybe they are too loose..." and so on.
and are they new bearings or used, and the ones that say tighten to 50#, then back off one flat or closest cotter pin hole....but thats only half a flat away, or one and a half flats...lol
Once you have done enough of them and destroy one or two, you will do them fine
