balljoints

im trying to put my upper control arms back on and my ball joint keeps turning when i try to tighten up the nut is there some trick to this or does this mean i need to replace the balljoint?

Impact.

cant fit a impact in there????

there should be an allen head on the bottom of the stud so you can keep it from not moving?

take a c clamp or some llrs and clamp the balljoint down on the spindle.....

jack the suspention up all the way up and you will be cool

I put pressure on the ball joint so it has some friction and use a impact if you can. I have a snapon impact swivel that works great. Similar to this one, (mine is pretty old but still works great)

we called that the teethbuster at my old job.....

thanks for the help guys ended up just using a floor jack and a hammer and finally got it to stop turning

Originally posted by bdroppeddak



we called that the teethbuster at my old job.....

I second that, but still use them all the time, lol!