Raybestos LBJ update
12-09-13, 07:39 PM
#16
Don't worry about it man.
I'm impressed and amazed you'd admit the mistake, most people wouldn't.
That said it can be tricky to tighten a worn balljoint if the threads fare tighter than the seat of the joint.
If you get a balljoint of any type that you cannot torque down, put pressure up/down on the seat to cone and then you can usually tighten it.
That or get an impact gun and pulse the trigger to run the nut on.
Replace the LBJ and learn from your mistake, its the best way to progress.
If you are worried about this in the future, you can use a paint pen and mark the nuts to a fixed point to see if you tightened them or if they have backed off at all.
I'm impressed and amazed you'd admit the mistake, most people wouldn't.
That said it can be tricky to tighten a worn balljoint if the threads fare tighter than the seat of the joint.
If you get a balljoint of any type that you cannot torque down, put pressure up/down on the seat to cone and then you can usually tighten it.
That or get an impact gun and pulse the trigger to run the nut on.
Replace the LBJ and learn from your mistake, its the best way to progress.
If you are worried about this in the future, you can use a paint pen and mark the nuts to a fixed point to see if you tightened them or if they have backed off at all.
12-09-13, 07:55 PM
#17
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Very good advise on the idea of marking it. I deal with people that wanna lie and try to cheat the system all day at work and I really have no patience for people who do not want to admit that they are actually at fault or made a simple mistake. I really cannot stand making mistakes. I have to deal with QA at work and I am one of the few people that has a good track record just because I HATE making mistakes.
Lesson learned and I will have a new one on Thursday and get it put on. That should be quick since the old one is already out.
Lesson learned and I will have a new one on Thursday and get it put on. That should be quick since the old one is already out.
makes me want to check my car over again.
12-09-13, 10:38 PM
#20
dc893,
Like I said man, most people would rather hide behind the "faulty part" and perpetuate the lies and general myth of the sub-standard quality of "non-OEM" parts (because this is how many of those myths get started), than own up to making such a mistake. I cannot imagine many people would give you crap about it, rather it earns you soooo much more respect from people.
I don't know if that's the mantra to live by or even joke about accepting when it comes to things like this! Maybe when it comes to math and basic school stuff, but I hope people don't need a wheel coming off at 70mph on the highway to learn a lesson about tightening out nuts... 
Like I said man, most people would rather hide behind the "faulty part" and perpetuate the lies and general myth of the sub-standard quality of "non-OEM" parts (because this is how many of those myths get started), than own up to making such a mistake. I cannot imagine many people would give you crap about it, rather it earns you soooo much more respect from people.
12-10-13, 01:18 AM
#21
lessons to be learned from all this:
1. Raybestos LBJs are fine
2. User (NEW!) factory castle nuts and cotter pins, they're cheap anyways
3. Don't go caveman and strip the castle nuts.
Congrats on the cheap fix, you got off lucky compared to those who've actually experienced LBJ failure.
1. Raybestos LBJs are fine
2. User (NEW!) factory castle nuts and cotter pins, they're cheap anyways
3. Don't go caveman and strip the castle nuts.
Congrats on the cheap fix, you got off lucky compared to those who've actually experienced LBJ failure.
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