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3767 · 02-04-2020, 08:17 PM

Put a jack under that ball joint. With pressure the spinning should stop. Use your old castle nut. Sounds like someone put the wrong 1 n the box. Main thing is you should have to apply some pressure to get ball joint thru spindle. That impact gun will help speed things up. Keep everyone posted as u go. We have all had some problems at some point with rebuilding the front end. I replaced mine with the motor out and that Jack under the ball joint helped.

02-04-2020, 08:17 PM	#5
3767 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Vale,nc Posts: 174	Re: Ball joints spinning so cannot tighten AND castle nut issue Put a jack under that ball joint. With pressure the spinning should stop. Use your old castle nut. Sounds like someone put the wrong 1 n the box. Main thing is you should have to apply some pressure to get ball joint thru spindle. That impact gun will help speed things up. Keep everyone posted as u go. We have all had some problems at some point with rebuilding the front end. I replaced mine with the motor out and that Jack under the ball joint helped.