Rethreading Steering Knuckle - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

nyko46 · #4 11-06-2005, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeTangas

Assuming you were removing the knuckle and it came loose and banged the spindle threads on the deck. I have always had good results cleaning mildly buggered threads using a thread file, in fact had to use the file on one of my steering knuckles when I rebuild the front suspension a couple years ago.

Dear Mike Tangas:
First, thanks so much for your tip. I was thinking in buy a die of 18mm X 1.0
and without remove the knuckle of the car rethread just the damaged thread at the end of the cone where a nut hold the bearings and hub together.
In my case this is thread that is damaged.
How left and right are defined; by the driver side as reference or looking the car from the front?. It many times bring confusion.
In my case the passenger side is the bad one.
See picture of my damaged part in the link bellow.

http://69.0.158.19/live/K900015487OES.JPG

(sorry for sending you a link because I don't know yet how to insert a foto from some site into this page)

Sincerely thanks: Nyko46