[ROVERNET - UK] Electrical mystery continued

[Ron Morey]

Greetings. In regard to the ball joint..is the shoulder thicker on the new 
one?
Hope this helps. Ron.

>From: Vern Klukas <vern at inkspotco.com>
>Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>Subject: RE: [ROVERNET - UK] Electrical mystery continued
>Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:06:30 -0700
>
>Well, that pretty much exhuasts my ideas. You are "winding" the snap ring 
>in? As I recall, it is a turn and a half or maybe even two turns round, You 
>have to start one end and kind of insert it a layer at a time. [If that 
>doesn't make sense to you, don't worry. It barely makes sense to me, lol]
>
>Maybe you just aren't hitting it hard enough!. Do you have a thin pipe or 
>something that would allow you to beat on the outer flange that the the 
>snapring traps.
>
>Last thing I suppose, as a bodge, would be to fit it with a healthy 
>application of locktite bearing retainer strength locking compound an just 
>forgo the snapring.
>
>Yours
>Vern
>
>>I had the pillar in the vice and thumped it in...
>>Removal was via extractor that works as per the workshop manual, works 
>>well.
>>I pulled it out 3 times looking for dags etc, couldn't find any.
>>I can only just see the top of the groove once it stops going in.
>>
>>PVS
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Vern Klukas [mailto:vern at inkspotco.com]
>>Sent: Monday, 9 May 2005 9:26 am
>>To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
>>Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Electrical mystery continued
>>
>>
>>>1.  The battery voltage started at 12.2
>>>2.  I ran the engine, voltage was 13.3, 5 amps going in to battery.  That
>>>seems normal.
>>>3.  After the run, the voltage was 12.1!
>>>4.  When I disconnected the battery the alternator output rose to 14.8,
>>>which seems correct.
>>>
>>>I have left it sitting with the battery disconnected to see what happens.
>>>
>>>Meanwhile I refitted the RH lower ball joint, but could not get it in far
>>>enough to get the snap ring back in.  Any ideas?
>>
>>Did you really clean the snap ring groove well? I've had that cause
>>problems inserting the snap ring. If that's not it, perhaps a burr in
>>the socket is standing proud. Can you get the joint back out without
>>damaging it?
>>
>>Yours
>>Vern
>>
>>>
>>>PVS
>>>
>>>
>>>
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