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Lower Ball Joint Spin

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#1 ·
I have my front suspension back together and was working on torquing down the bolts and realized that the ball is spinning on both lower ball joints (the uppers are fine) so I can't figure out how to tighten the bolt. Does the ball spinning mean that the joint is bad and I need to replace it or am I missing something? Thanks!
 
#2 ·
You have to drive them farther/harder into the cone, or clamp them axially to the cone with some sort of pliers. Once friction takes over in the cone area, the spinning will stop.

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