Sierra upright lower ball joint
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:16 pm
I posted the text below on the Sylva forum, but would like it posted here for more comment.
Ady has replied, I include all the dialogue todate:
Hi,
I bought a Stylus from Pete Powell just before he sold the business to
Tim, I bought the classic style with live axle.
I am nearing completion and getting everything tightened up etc for a
MOT then SVA. I got the car as a rolling chassis and so did not put
the front suspension and hubs together myself, now I am setting toe
in, camber etc.... I have come across a rather serious problem.
The car has sierra front hubs, the lower ball joints have always been
lose, this making it easy to adjust when the time came. I was setting
the camber up and took the lower ball joint out of the hub and
discovered the is a "shim" for the taper into the hub (on the ball
joint shaft) - this I find very strange and been advised is a very
dangerous practise.
Does anyone have a Stylus with sierra front hubs, what lower ball
joint is fitted? Are the conical shims a standard practise or just a
bodge to deliver a rolling car to me?
Is there is a lower ball joint that fits correctly? I see that a part
number is quoted on the Club Stylus site, but is that for a Sierra
hub?
Another problem having a spacer/shim, to make a tight fit in the hub,
causes is the you cannot tighten the nut as the shaft just spins -
this being as it never gets wedged in the hub taper (the spacer/shim
does).
Any advice welcome.
The car has a zetec 1.8 fitted, I put is 2.0l cams and a fuel
injection kit - should be a reasonably fast car when on the road.
Q.
Oh I am building a R1ot as well(hope to race it), I see there are
changes at Sylva, Jeremy going strong and very helpful.
On Jan 6, 10:32 am, Ady <adythespa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Q
>
> Yes my Sierra based Stylus uses conical shims to, had no probs in 3 years of
> driving, I thinkk it was done to keep the same joint as the Escort cars
>
> As for tightening the ball joints, just use a trolly jack under the joint to
> add some pressure, tightens up ok then
>
> Adrian
>
> P.S. theres more Stylus owners athttp://www.clubstylus.be/phpBB2/index.php
>
> On 05/01/2008, Q <qw...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
Ady,
thank you, my main problem in the short term is having to tighten them up, checking the camber then adjusting; it is very time consuming, though not something you need to do every day.
I think I will take measurements of the sierra hub(upright) and see if there is a perfect fit out there for furte reference - for now I will set the car up with what I have.
I have just signed up for the Club Stylus forum and will post the topic there as well.
Q.
Ady has replied, I include all the dialogue todate:
Hi,
I bought a Stylus from Pete Powell just before he sold the business to
Tim, I bought the classic style with live axle.
I am nearing completion and getting everything tightened up etc for a
MOT then SVA. I got the car as a rolling chassis and so did not put
the front suspension and hubs together myself, now I am setting toe
in, camber etc.... I have come across a rather serious problem.
The car has sierra front hubs, the lower ball joints have always been
lose, this making it easy to adjust when the time came. I was setting
the camber up and took the lower ball joint out of the hub and
discovered the is a "shim" for the taper into the hub (on the ball
joint shaft) - this I find very strange and been advised is a very
dangerous practise.
Does anyone have a Stylus with sierra front hubs, what lower ball
joint is fitted? Are the conical shims a standard practise or just a
bodge to deliver a rolling car to me?
Is there is a lower ball joint that fits correctly? I see that a part
number is quoted on the Club Stylus site, but is that for a Sierra
hub?
Another problem having a spacer/shim, to make a tight fit in the hub,
causes is the you cannot tighten the nut as the shaft just spins -
this being as it never gets wedged in the hub taper (the spacer/shim
does).
Any advice welcome.
The car has a zetec 1.8 fitted, I put is 2.0l cams and a fuel
injection kit - should be a reasonably fast car when on the road.
Q.
Oh I am building a R1ot as well(hope to race it), I see there are
changes at Sylva, Jeremy going strong and very helpful.
On Jan 6, 10:32 am, Ady <adythespa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Q
>
> Yes my Sierra based Stylus uses conical shims to, had no probs in 3 years of
> driving, I thinkk it was done to keep the same joint as the Escort cars
>
> As for tightening the ball joints, just use a trolly jack under the joint to
> add some pressure, tightens up ok then
>
> Adrian
>
> P.S. theres more Stylus owners athttp://www.clubstylus.be/phpBB2/index.php
>
> On 05/01/2008, Q <qw...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
Ady,
thank you, my main problem in the short term is having to tighten them up, checking the camber then adjusting; it is very time consuming, though not something you need to do every day.
I think I will take measurements of the sierra hub(upright) and see if there is a perfect fit out there for furte reference - for now I will set the car up with what I have.
I have just signed up for the Club Stylus forum and will post the topic there as well.
Q.