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On 27 Jun 2003 at 23:57, C.Rochambeau wrote: > These new production ball joints had no notch, or mark of any sort. Nor did they > have zerk fittings, which I find annoying.. If they are to fit correctly, then they should have some kind of index mark. If not, you may have to determine which way the offset is supposed to go and set them the right way by experiment. > What adverse affects would occur if I happened to install these ball joints out > of whack (no notch forward). Would this affect my geometery? I suppose it's > getting close to trial & error at this point... *groan* ;~) If you have them reversed, the caster will be changed dramatically. If they are not pointing fore/aft, then you may not be able to get the camber within spec. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org