Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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Lovely, exactly what I wanted to do, take apart half the entire front suspension just to fix a new part. I'll buy a tap and die set next weekend and work on it. Is there an "easy" way to unseat the LCA and UCA ball joints from the spindle without using a pickle fork? And for the record, I did not hammer or file these ball joints.
If the stud is spinning in the LCA, the ball joint isn't set. Back off the torsion bar completely, jack the LCA up and the ball joint should just drop out. Then you can remove the lower ball joint, stick it in your vise, and work on it without fighting anything.
I already set the LCA in the ball joint to get the nut out and the Torsion bars are already backed off completely.
Then Runcharger is right on. Take a center punch, support the LCA so it can't move, whack the stud and it'll come right out. Without tightening the nut, that stud can't be set that tightly.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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MuuMuu if you want to barrow a thread file and a die I am in Glendora close by. PM me if you want
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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Ok, you have to take the ball joint off to repair the threads. The first thing I would check is did someone put a metric nut in the new ball joint box?????? Next, fixing the threads: a threading die has been mentioned, the proper item is what they call a HEX RETHREADING DIE. This die does not cut threads but straightens them , same with the tap, if you already have threads, you don't want to cut new ones, that just removes metal that you need for proper torque. Also use a RETHREAD TAP, It will straighten the thread without removing metal and clean the hole of debree..
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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Damn everyone is making this so hard. Grind or file the threads above the hole so the nut will go on.....These threads dont matter anyway as they aren't used.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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Damn everyone is making this so hard. Grind or file the threads above the hole so the nut will go on.....These threads dont matter anyway as they aren't used.
Just did mine and had the same issue. Just filed the threads and it went on with no problem. Always a good idea to check threads by running a nut over the threads so if there's an issue it can be fixed before installation.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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MuuMuu if you want to barrow a thread file and a die I am in Glendora close by. PM me if you want
Sure thing. I'll pm you sometime this week as I don't know how my schedule is going to look.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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I'm guessing you got a balljoint that someone F'd up and then returned saying it was good. Rockauto by chance? No worries, it can be fixed.
Its happened to all us at some point. We all had to learn the same way.
Yeah, it's a Rockauto part...
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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For future reference run the nut on and off the stud by hand before installing. Just be sure everything works.
Thanks... I'll write it down and post it on my garage fridge.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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Ok, you have to take the ball joint off to repair the threads. The first thing I would check is did someone put a metric nut in the new ball joint box?????? Next, fixing the threads: a threading die has been mentioned, the proper item is what they call a HEX RETHREADING DIE. This die does not cut threads but straightens them , same with the tap, if you already have threads, you don't want to cut new ones, that just removes metal that you need for proper torque. Also use a RETHREAD TAP, It will straighten the thread without removing metal and clean the hole of debree..
This is what i ran into changing ball joints,metric nuts, did the same thing you are going thru, check with old nut for fitment. Had to use the old nuts, whitch where ok
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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If you put a sticky on the fridge for all the do's and don'ts you better get a bigger fridge...
That could be arranged. More room for... and other tasties.
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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You guys might laugh but I requested a larger PC monitor at work because the old one wasn't large enough to hold all the sticky notes!
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Re: Am I Doing Something Wrong? LCA Balljoint Issue...
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