the ball joint thingy keeps rotating as i move the nut, there's nothing to hold on to from the back to keep it from rotating with the nut??

 

lower balljoint? jack up on the lca, it will put pressure on the balljoint and it will stop spinning.

is that what you were asking? or are you having a problem with the endling for the sway bar? im confuse cause you said "balljoint thingy"

 

actually i meant the SI front sway bar endlinks but i figured out u have to insert the allen key and insert open wrench on it to unbolt it, thanks though

 

Yeah its a 5mm allen wrench

And next time post a suspension based question in the suspension forum

 

just fyoi its way easier if u just remove the 2 10mm bolts that hold the swaybar to the chasis and that will drop it..>\ i learned the hard way since i had to replace my axles a few times and after messing with it for a while i figured that was the easiest way to do it ..... it might help somebody to know this i thought.