ball joint question

[Accord R33]

well after replacing my hub and wheel bearing i am now re-installing everything. WHen i go to tighten the nut on the upper ball joint the stud just spins...what does this mean and how can i tighten this nut! same thing happens on the tie rod

help fast!

[Accord R33]

Give it a tap to set it so you can tighten the nut....you didnt bugger the threads, did you?

i dunno. ill go try that though. thanks

[Accord R33]

didnt work

[TalontedTSi]

How did you get the ball joints out and the tie rod ends out? If you hit them with a hammer and did not use a seperator then you most likely dented up the threads. In this case your probably going to have to replace them unless you can get the nuts to tread right.

[Accord R33]

i didnt take the ball joint or the tie rod end out...all i did was take the castle nut off. now im trying to put the castle nut back on and the stud is just spinning

[ChIoVnIdCa]

replace it. It happened to me

[k-mart]

if the studs spins with the castle nut, doesnt that mean the stud broke off inside?

[k-mart]

it's a ball and socket setup....should be very snug and not spin....they aren't attached though.....

but what i was asking is is the stud attached to the socket? couldnt it be detached causing the nut to spin with the stud?

[Accord R33]

thanks for all the help guys. I ended up getting it eventually. just had to put a LOT of pressure on the joint while i had someone else turn the ratchet. thank god

[k-mart]

it's a stud with a ball on the end.....sits in the cup shaped socket.....should be just loose enough to rotate with a lot of pressure, move, wiggle, etc....usually not enough slack so that it will move when the nut does......

it is completely free of any anchor points, but is usually just VERY tight

yea yea, but the way he (Accord R33) seperated them in the first place, say for example with an arm fork, may have snapped the stud from its movable socket, then causing it to spin more freely than usual

[Accord R33]

yea yea, but the way he (Accord R33) seperated them in the first place, say for example with an arm fork, may have snapped the stud from its movable socket, then causing it to spin more freely than usual

let me re-iterate. I did NOT remove the ball joints. all i did was remove the castle nut

[k-mart]

ok ok. did you try this with any luck?

pry it apart kinda, while you put the nut on....get an impact if you can.....just wanna keep pressure on it so that it can't spin