diy ball joint nut tightening when it wants to keep spinning

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:56 pm

tools needed cut off wheel, screwdriver, and wrench
these are wrences

this tool helps

what im starting with the nut is barly on rendering my rear sway bar usless

take a cutoff wheel and grind a slit in the top of the stud
yay air tools are fun and make cool noises :insert tim the toolman grunt:
always were long sleeves and eye protection when grinding i know from expirence trust me.

what becomes

hold the stud in place with a screwdriver and wrench it tight

torque your lugs (ijust wanted to show off my new breaker bar) 28inches of torque :grunt: :grunt: :grunt:

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:12 am

i always look forward to all your new threads lol

you know you could have just put a vice grip on it or used a impact right?

rickles8099 · Post by **rickles8099** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:40 am

mike93hatch;145479 wrote:you know you could have just put a vice grip on it or used a impact right?

you do realize that an impact on the nut will still just spin the stud inside the nut? and a vice grip on it may ruin the nut and still not keep the stud from moving?

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:43 am

mike93hatch;145479 wrote:i always look forward to all your new threads lol

you know you could have just put a vice grip on it or used a impact right?

thats what i did to take it off but it would have still been loose if i would use that method to tighten it, it would not be able to be tightened all the way because the vice grips would be in the way.

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:01 am

rickles8099;145488 wrote:you do realize that an impact on the nut will still just spin the stud inside the nut? and a vice grip on it may ruin the nut and still not keep the stud from moving?

i talk from experience, i dont know about you.

i didnt say anything about a vice grip on the nut. think really hard how i would use the vice grip in his situation. im not going to spoil it for you.

and 90% of the time if the joint is just spinning then YES a impact will get the nut tight almost all of the time.

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:02 am

matt;145489 wrote:thats what i did to take it off but it would have still been loose if i would use that method to tighten it, it would not be able to be tightened all the way because the vice grips would be in the way.

nope. didnt mean to put the vice grip on the shaft of the balljoint itself. refer to previous post.

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:20 am

mike93hatch;145497 wrote:i talk from experience, i dont know about you.

i didnt say anything about a vice grip on the nut. think really hard how i would use the vice grip in his situation. im not going to spoil it for you.

and 90% of the time if the joint is just spinning then YES a impact will get the nut tight almost all of the time.

did not for me i guess my impact fails

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:05 am

matt;145511 wrote:did not for me i guess my impact fails

putting a little pressure on the backside of the joint probably would have helped. but either way just saying...

Capt'n Obvious · Post by **Capt'n Obvious** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:23 am

mike93hatch;145519 wrote:putting a little pressure on the backside of the joint probably would have helped. but either way just saying...

yeah i got that when you said dont put the vice grips on the stud

but more than one way to skin a cat not like i did it the wrong way

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:58 am

well to me grinding and cutting is always the last resort