Quote: I takes a lot to bend a ball joint stud and that one doesn't look bent. But the threads need fixing to where you can run the nut down by hand and then tighten it with a wrench.
I was just going to say, where is everyone seeing the bend because from that picture I don't see much of any a bend and I just took a quick look at it from under my car and it looks straight. I will agree that the threads look "smashed" by the cotter pins (not shown in the picture). The nut only went down about two full threads. I'll pull the LCA balljoint off, get a die, and try running the threads hopefully by or before next weekend.
You shouldn't need to take it off to run the die on it. Just do it were it is.
I takes a lot to bend a ball joint stud and that one doesn't look bent. But the threads need fixing to where you can run the nut down by hand and then tighten it with a wrench. 
