Post by hutchey on Jun 24, 2024 6:48:40 GMT
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The thread on the tapered shank of the ball joint is a certain length X.
The top of the upright that the taper and thread go into is thickness Y.
After they are brought together there is some thread showing (X minus Y) so you put the castellated nut on it and do it up.
You do it up until it is tight and line up an opposing pair of the castellations in the nut with the hole in the thread on the balljoint / taper and put a split pin through to secure the nut.
However, after tightening the nut, it has not gone on to the male thread far enough for the hole to appear in any of the gaps in the castellations.
It appears that Y is thicker on the Mk2 than the Mk1.
I have ordered a pair of appropriately threaded nylocs (M12 x 1.25 pitch I think) so that will probably be the solution, assuming at least one thread will protrude from the nylon insert.
IVA MAN REALLY WANTS TO SEE A MINIMUM OF 3 THREADS COME THROUGH EVERY MAJOR COMPONENT NUT
Funnily enough I was cleaning down the now bare front subframe yesterday and found a barely legible label on the face where the chassis joins the subframe - i.e. the bit that is covered up once skate and chassis are assembled. The label is a reminder to fit a couple of nylocs to the top swivel! Full marks for the reminder. No marks for where it was positioned!