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MG TD TF 1500 - Ball Joint Nut

Need advice on how to get the ball joint nut tight. I have tapped the ball joint into the steering arm, but the shaft on the ball joint still spins when I go to put the nut on.

How do others fix this?
Bruce Cunha

Try putting a side load on it.
Steve Simmons

Hi Bruce,

Put a wisker of grinding paste on the shaft and lap it into the tapered hole. Go easy so it dosen't seize and wash all the paste away carefully.

Jan T
J Targosz

Is it tapered? Perhaps the taper is pulling through too far? If so, put a washer on before the nut but make sure the start of the taper can pull through the hole in the washer.

I might be way off beam as my background is TCs. Cheers, Bob
R L Schapel

Bruce, when I did mine, I was told to use an impact wrench to get it to spin on fast. worked for me.
TRM Maine

Bruce clear any bodged threads. A few short bursts with an impact gun should snug it fine.
W A Chasser

This thread was discussed between 17/12/2018 and 18/12/2018

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