Legal Metric Chassis Steering Upgrade

You can see the threaded end of the balljoint placed through the centerlink. The hole is where a cotter pin will be placed once the nut is tightened.

Here’s an important tip from Hotchkis. When tightening the nut, you must make sure the groove lines up with the hole so that you can get the cotter pin through. However, you never back the nut out to make it align. You must always tighten it forward.

See how the hole lines up with the groove? That’s what you’re looking for.

With the nut properly tightened, you can slide the cotter pin into place and then bend the ends back.

This is the wrong way to bend the cotter pin back.

This is the right way to bend the cotter pin back.

The zerk fittings for the greasable balljoints have to be screwed into place. We did this at the end to avoid damage from an accidental drop, but you can put them on before if you don’t eat greasy french fries while you’re working on the car.

The finished product. Now this car has a lot more work before it can hit the race track but for those of you with a Metric or G-body stock class racer, Hotchkis’ Premium Steering Rebuild Kit may be just the ticket to help you get that car to perform better on Saturday night.