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On 2 Aug 2005 at 11:58, Dave Hall wrote: > With the extra high mileages common in the USA, it might bring life-time into > play though. The manual shows how to check them - you need to make up a special > lever to do it properly. Bentley has a picture, but not the measurements. > You're just taking the pre-load off the torsion arms I think. I wouldn't expect our nice smooth highways to cause the ball joints much extra pain. If you drive lots of gravel, potholes, or off-road, then that would be different. Bentley has the measurements, too. The "clamp" overcomes both the torsion bar preload and the spring force from the internal spring. [IIRC, the lower ball joints have the internal spring, but the uppers don't. This gets reflected in the different specs for upper and lower joints.] -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~