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Old 02-05-2020, 10:33 AM   #10
HeavyHauler
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Re: Ball joints spinning so cannot tighten AND castle nut issue

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Originally Posted by 3767 View Post
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.
I will try putting a jack under the ball joint.
The same castle nut was in both new ball joints. I was able to thread the old castle nut on the ball joint by hand but it quickly became really tight.

My engine is still in.
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