ball joints

[strapping young lad]

them thingies that link the steering behind the axle

i thought they were handed? but last night discovered both are the same hand so ive a spare ball joint if anyone wants one?

[muddyweb]

They are handed.. or at least, they should be.

One is left hand thread, the other is right hand thread... that's how you adjust the tracking.

[strapping young lad]

hmm

further investigation required then.

[Budgie]

They are handed.. or at least, they should be.

One is left hand thread, the other is right hand thread... that's how you adjust the tracking.

I'm not sure they are on the Disco. I know on the Series and my 90 they were but those had solid track rods where as the Disco has an adjuster on the drivers side of the trackrod because the main part can't move cos the steering damper is connected to it.
If the adjuster has the lefthand thread then both balljoints could be righthanded??  :-k

The steering arm (steering box to front of axle) does have a left & righthanded balljoint on the 300 series cos the drop arm on these doesn't have the built-in balljoint.

Or am I just talking rubbish?  :-#

[muddyweb]

Or am I just talking rubbish?  :-#

No, you might not be actually....   I think you are right.

[Wanderer]

On a Disco the ones on the drop arm are left and right handed so that you can adjust the steering wheel position.

On the track rod they are the same thread with a small threaded piece which has both threads on to allow the adjustment (The track)

Can't remember which off the to of my head but there should be 3 with one thread and 1 of the opposite thread.

Ed

[Range Rover Blues]

I think the drop arm and the adjuster are the LH threaded parts, so that all the balljoints are RH thread.