<VV> Strange (?) double failure

[AeroNed at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/8/2006 10:20:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

a. If  the ball joint part spins in the knuckle (spindle) then one of the 
tapers  is bad ( recently I had a knucle taper too big on a 64 Spyder but 
the ball  joint taper was fine) and needs replacing.



Ah, I didn't even think about the taper in the spindle (I was using knuckle  
because I couldn't think of a better word) being worn out. Duh, it is over 40  
years old. The stud was spinning when it was free of the spindle. Once I  
loosened the nut on the passenger side (the side that was still together), the  
stud came right out of the spindle. I'll take it all apart in the near future  
and see if the taper is holding the ball joint.
 
Ned