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Ball joint headache..... 200 1991

posted by  someone claiming to be Ben B9O on  Mon Jan 27 12:55 CST 2003 [RELATED]

Hi everybody,

I'm in the middle of replacing many things on the front end of my car (Tie rod ends, struts, upper strut mount, ball joints, etc.) and i've run into a small problem when attempting to reinstall my balljoints. Whenever I try to turn the nut to reattach the balljoint to it's mount that reattaches to the strut, the entire stud coming out of the balljoint rotates. I can't seem to come up with a good way to prevent the balljoints from rotating. I've tried pushing it forward with my hand, a C clamp, and various other approaches, all unsucessfully. I don't know if it matters, but my car is a 91' 240 with 205k miles, and I'm installing a TRW brand ball joint. If anyone has any insight on how to accomplish this, I would really appriciate it.






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