as in title. I was as careful as could be. The ball joint will not thread in. HELP!

[Edited on 25/9/07 by RK]

You were using the correct nut weren't you?

Pat...

I did the same thing trying to pull the lower ball joint through the hole in the hub by tightening it up with a torque wrench. I eventually stripped the thread by tightening it too much, then couldn;t remove the nut to get the ball joint back out!

I ended up cutting the nut off and fitting a new ball joint which is tightened up as much as I dare (but less than I'd like), but is on my list of thing to put right when it's build and done a few miles bedding in on the road.

Bad feeling that I've over torqued this one two. On my list of must do's (remove nut inspect, replace as required), the problem I had was assuming the same torque as on the sierra. I think this is to high as the thread pitch is different...

This is the silly kind of thing that MK should put in the build manual... I would like a list of "correct" torque settings. With experience you probably don't need the table, but most builders have not developed a feel for torquing bolts correctly, as it's there first experience of this.

Dan

[Edited on 25/9/07 by Bluemoon]

Buy a new one and start again. Tighten it up with a combination ring spanner and if it hurts your hand stop trying so hard. I only use torque wrench when I'm doing engine work. If you are using a click type you have to stop when it clicks, not try it again to make sure. They give too much leverage in inexperienced hands.

I'll second that. However it is an experience thing and everone in the trade spent time getting a b****king daily for stripping threads!

Fit a new one and learn from your misstake.

adrian

Wouldn't know where to start looking. Is it available in North America? It came with my kit you see.