boostNjuice

Ran into a few problems if anyone can lend a hand.

1. On the driver side the bolt on the hub which attaches to the low control arm is spinning.. i cannot get my crown nut onto it, what to do I do?



2. The axles will only go in one way as far as driver/passenger I believe right? Because I am having a difficult time getting the passenger axle into the half shaft, did I maybe stick the pass axle into driver side lol


if anyone could shed some light it would be great

DOHCED8

1. preferably replace your lower ball joint. but until then, if you can thread the crown nut onto the stud, take your other arm and push down on the upper control arm with some force n try tightening the nut.. thats how i do it. but if you cant get the nut started then support the car on jackstands and use a jack to lift up the control arm until you can..

2 the axles are side specific. the splines are different, but i do believe that the half shaft varies between models. are you going with b series? d? f? h?

boostNjuice

b series

DOHCED8

im guessing that you have a female halfshaft since your worried about mixing them up. the splines are different on the trans sides of the axles, so it wouldnt be mixxed up. i was having a problem with my seal not letting my axle go in, sometimes the safety ring can be a bitch too. but dont take that off or the axle will slide in n out freely. but check that

boostNjuice

i took the stupid ring off just the try it out yet the tranny is still not accepting the axle .. wtf!

DOHCED8

what trans is it? n what axle? n take it out of gear lol

boostNjuice

ok got the swapped axles figured out.. the splines are actually longer on the half shaft side


still wanna know more methods to get the lower ball joint not to spin

boostNjuice

USDM im sorry its a A1

DOHCED8

there really isnt more methods to make the ball joint not spin. thats a sign that it needs to be replaced. as i said, put ur weight on the upper control arm while tightening the lower