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.

72 Demon 340
71 Duster 340 Resto https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...part=1&vc=1