Thread: 300CD: Tightening the 22mm nut on each steering knuckle ball joint
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Old 12-26-2014, 06:41 PM
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The FSM mentions to use a spacer to "set" the joint.

The horrible pic may help, but use the larger, 8mm end of the self made tool.

I did this on an upper control arm ball joint using the smaller 6mm side. Well, I used an open end wrench of the proper dimensions.
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