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On 31 Jul 2001, at 17:36, Henrik Larsson wrote: > At last I have removed the ball joint. Heat and lots of force was not > enough to remove the nut. I used a saw to remove the nut instead. Then > I heated the trailing arm with a propane torch and coult easily tap > out the ball joint. Hope you managed to not damage the ball joint! > Now I have another problem instead... When I look up into the tapered > part of the trailing arm I see that the ball joint only have contact > with the outer (= lower) 10 mm of the trailing arm taper. The inner > (=upper) part, closest to the almost round hole, will not have contact > with the ball joint. I can't decide wether it is supposed to look like > this, or if the inner parts of the taper have rusted away. Does anyone > know? I've taken so few of these apart that I'm not sure, but I think I remember seeing the same thing. I think this is typical. Make sure to clean that space out well when you reinstall the parts, then put some grease in that space to retard future corrosion. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org