I have never seen a ball joint top with a screw driver slot in it either and I have replaced a number of ball joints, upper and lower and I am in America. Sounds like it is a Bill thing? Gary Masie ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Gutkowski Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 9:01 am Subject: Re: [DML] Modifications to Byrne's LCA's (Ball Joints) To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Never seen a ball joint with a screwdriver slot. Must be an > american car thing? > > Martin > > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: "content22207" > Sender: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 12:21:49 > To: > Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [DML] Modifications to Byrne's LCA's (Ball Joints) > > I cut my screwdriver slots at the same time I was drilling the > ball joints for grease fittings. I found it easy to do both > while the arms were loose on my workbench. Only took a couple of > swipes with an abrasive wheel in my Dremel tool. > > Most ball joints come with screwdriver slots -- this is hardly > an unusual modification. > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Martin Gutkowski" wrote: > > > > The ball joint can be locked into the hub by putting a jack > under the arm and lifting it. Then you can do the nut up. No > modification necessary. > > > > Martin > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "content22207" > > Sender: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 02:14:56 > > To: > > Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [DML] Modifications to Byrne's LCA's (Ball Joints) > > > > I did make two modifications to Byrne's ball joints: > > 1) Cut screwdriver slots in the end of the stems to hold them > still until they taper locked in the knuckles (the lock nuts > want to spin the stems before they have taper locked) > > 2) Added grease fittings > > > > Bill Robertson > > #5939 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please > address:> moderators@... > > > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com> > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > www.dmcnews.com > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/