Here's a pic..


When I try tightening the castlenut, the whole bolt connected to the joint spins along with the nut. How should I stop the bolt from spinning???

 

if you turn the wheel to hard right or hard left it may wedge the ball joint in so it wont spin. it always works for me.

 

when i did it the car was on the ground. i lifted up on the lower control arm with a jack and eventually the bolt stayed and the nut spun around it. try putting some wd-40 or silicone on the threads so the nut spins easier
Good LUCK!!!

 

Well the picture shows your at a shop so get yourself an impact gun.That thing will come off guaranteed

 

Thanks for the ideas, I'll give them a try. Thats not my shop, I took the pic off a thread I found.

 

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Well you're typing in English but you still need to learn to read in English, guaranteed


You're not supposed to tighten that nut without load on the suspension. jack up the control arm until that corner is at full load and then tighten... it won't spin. 36 ft lbs.

 

Yes, make sure the threads are clean on both the ball joint and castle nut. ANd then put some pressure on the controll arm, or use an impact to get it threaded far enough, so that you can torque it down.

 

this crap plauged me for two weeks until I figured it out.

Put tire on, jack the car up in the air so tire is off the ground. Have a buddy stand as best he can on the tire/rim and this will put enough pressure to keep the ball joint still while you tighten the castle nut.

After I figured this out I was so scared to take it off ever again cause I wasn't sure if it would go back on again, but I tried the same method and the castle nut went on just fine again.

If this ever happens with your steering rack ball joint, turn the wheel to opposite side of the car and it will put enough pressure on the joint to keep it still while you tighten that castle nut on also.

 

trying to TIGHTEN the castle nut?

I wedge a flathead screwdriver in between th enut and LCA then tighten the nut a bit and that usually helps it along. Usually the castle tips on the nut are bent inward and make the nut tighter as it goes on more.... so sometimes I have bent the tips outward for install.

good luck man!

 

air impact wrench owns you

 

With the shocks/springs in, I just jack up the LCA to put some compression on the balljoint sleeve to keep it from turning. Then impact it on and line up the holes as necessary.

Sometimes I find it necessary to use a set of lock-jaw pliers on the tie rod ends to get them to seat and not turn.

For some reason, the balljoint threads seem to get gnarled up pretty easily and that makes it much harder to get the castle nuts threaded all the way on and tightened.

 

use a c-clamp style vise grip on the lca and ball joint...this puts pressure on the ball joint and seats it into the sleeve.

NEVER USE AN IMPACT! over-torquing stuff can be just as bad as not torquing them at all...unless you have an impact wrench that has numbered torque settings...

 

I just have someone put their foot on the lugs and push down some... it doesn't take much pressure for the nut to catch on that bolt... I don't know why everyone had so much trouble with the pressure. I've had a 115lb girl put her foot down hard enough to get it to catch....

 

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Yup, that's what I've used in the past to get around this