Lower control arm shaft caps

[texastrendz]

i counted the turns on each side once they caught the thread, i did half turns until they bottomed out. i dont know if they are supposed to be centered or not. this is how i did mine and the alignment shop had no problems.

[gopokes]

Originally Posted by texastrendz

i counted the turns on each side once they caught the thread, i did half turns until they bottomed out. i dont know if they are supposed to be centered or not. this is how i did mine and the alignment shop had no problems.

I tightened them one turn each back and forth until the back one stopped. Then I tightened the front one down just to see if it would seat all the way down, it did, the back one was so damn tight I gave up and came to ask the experts! I have a cookout tomorrow for mom's day so I don't think I will get a chance to work on it. Hopefully I can get it squared away.

[gopokes]

So I took the lca off and turned the shaft toward the seated cap, then I tried to tighten the cap that was stuck. No luck, so then I tried to get the cap loose, no luck. It is completely stuck. Won't go either way. I'm thinking I am going to have to leave it the way it is. I got the shaft centered but that cap is not moving. I'm out of options, what do you guys think?

[texastrendz]

don't leave it, fix it. you do not want it to back out. if you got it in, you can get it out. take some time and it will eventually come out.