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Old 06-28-2008, 08:56 PM
n6mod n6mod is offline
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Originally Posted by Arthur Dalton View Post

By turning the wrench as you state "to the left side of car'", you are tightening the nut and moving it foward. The more foward the nut goes , the tighter it gets.
Thank you Arthur! This is why I asked initially if I wanted to move the nut towards the front or rear of the car. The answer, it seems is towards the *rear* (away from direction of travel), not towards the front (towards direction of travel) as Mike suggested.

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You have the CD...look at intermediate bearing assembly and you can see the wedge shape design of the slide nut right in the diagram.
You tighten the nut, you tighten the backlash..you loosen the nut, you loosen the backlash...simple...
Frankly, the CD is horrible when it comes to illustrations of these things, and the EPC illustration doesn't help a lot. I'm sure this will all become obvious when I get it apart, of course.

Thanks again!

-Zandr
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