The top of the bolt on a ball joit is slotted for a screw driver...why is that ? What function does it have ? ,,,thanks, John
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So you can hold it with the screwdriver while tightening the nut???
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So you can turn the bolt to the correct position for cotter key installation before tightening the nut.quote:Originally posted by zoegrant
The top of the bolt on a ball joit is slotted for a screw driver...why is that ? What function does it have ? ,,,thanks, John
Just a WAG.
That's what I use it for.
JF
Jerry Forrester
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Douglasville, Georgia
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I don't understand the question. What is a ball joint?
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Studebaker did not use ball joints.
Tie rod ends we call them.
Robert Kapteyn (old geezer)Comment
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A question that would come from only a true Studebaker knut.quote:Originally posted by bezhawk
What is a ball joint?
Jerry Forrester
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Douglasville, Georgia
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On a Studebaker, he would have to mean a Tie Rod End, however everyone was being nice enough not to tell him!
Not me, I'm all about tell it like it IS! [
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That's what I was thinking too <G>quote:Originally posted by bezhawk
I don't understand the question. What is a ball joint?
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Strictly speaking, a tie rod end is a ball joint, just not what a mechanic thinks of when you say "ball joint." Unless it's a Heim joint or rod end, in which case then it isn'tquote:Originally posted by StudeRich
On a Studebaker, he would have to mean a Tie Rod End, however everyone was being nice enough not to tell him!
Not me, I'm all about tell it like it IS! [)]
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Studebaker used king pins before ball joints came into play. They all did. Studebaker used them till the end. jimmijim
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Studebaker used king pins before ball joints came into play. They all did. Studebaker used them till the end. jimmijim
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Maybe he's working on a brand X that has a ball joint?
Maybe not. But it never hurts to be opened minded...
John, to answer your question, I have no idea what the slot is for.
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Both Charlie and Jerry answered right, as far
as what it is used for. I have always used the slot
(on the ones that have them) to position and to
hold while getting tight on the taper.
Tex E. Grier
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