Trick to tightening front lower control arm onto knuckle?
#1
Trick to tightening front lower control arm onto knuckle?
Hey guys,
So I have been fighting with my control arms for the past few days now and I am finally reinstalling everything. 10 years on quebec roads makes for a hell of a time to undo all that **** lol.
Anyways I started tightening the front left, lower/front control arm (the one with the sway bar link) onto the knuckle and when it started to get snug the ball joint started to turn a bit as I tightened... Now this control arm faces down into the knuckle so the weight of the knuckle is not really on it right now. I figure the reason its spinning is because there is no weight on it... Either that or the new ball joint is bad... I hope it is not the later because the strut and **** is already back in...
Anyways is there a trick to tightening that nut onto the control arm? Maybe put a jack under the control arm and lift it so as to pinch the ball joint so it wont move?
Thanks guys.
So I have been fighting with my control arms for the past few days now and I am finally reinstalling everything. 10 years on quebec roads makes for a hell of a time to undo all that **** lol.
Anyways I started tightening the front left, lower/front control arm (the one with the sway bar link) onto the knuckle and when it started to get snug the ball joint started to turn a bit as I tightened... Now this control arm faces down into the knuckle so the weight of the knuckle is not really on it right now. I figure the reason its spinning is because there is no weight on it... Either that or the new ball joint is bad... I hope it is not the later because the strut and **** is already back in...
Anyways is there a trick to tightening that nut onto the control arm? Maybe put a jack under the control arm and lift it so as to pinch the ball joint so it wont move?
Thanks guys.
#8
Another thing you can do is put a couple of jam nuts on there, tighten them against each other (but not against the "main" nut) and have a wrench on one of those while you turn the main nut to tighten it.
#9
sorry to resurrect but damn that's a pro tip!