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Old 08-21-2006, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Oreo View Post
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With the bolt and nut in place, use a screwdriver to lever the joint apart. This will help give some tension to the loose ball joint so that you can tighten the nut up.

I thought that the ball joint stud has a allen key fitting to hold it in place?

Oreo
yup, the allen stud was rusted, so I couldn't get a 4mm or 5mm to fit (4mm too big, 5mm too small). When you say "lever the ball joint apart, how do you mean? Where would I put the screwdriver in the picture?
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