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    Hi,

    I changed the bushes in my idler today and my first question is, which way up does the oil seal go? The pictures in the thread here http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...ler+arm+bushes
    show it different to here http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/mainte...er/greased.jpg (I forgot to look when I took it apart).

    Secondly, and most importantly, when I took the castle nut off the ball joint, the split pin was in between the castelations on the nut. I was also able, just about, get a ball link splitter on, tighten it up and crack the joint. When I put it all back together, the ball joint seal has squashed right up and the castle nut has (just) gone past the hole to put the split pin through. I correctly torqued it up to 43 ft lbs. There is no way I could get the ball link splitter between the ball link and relay rod now. Is this okay? Here is a picture of it, showing how squashed up the ball link seal is, http://uk.geocities.com/stephen.amor...m/Dscn1201.jpg

    Many thanks,

    Steve.
    Last edited by saatman; 29 January 2006, 21:59.
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