Mr. Pickles Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 (edited) Your ball joint and/or UCA look wacky to me. Maybe its just the difference in yours vs. mine below (Rough Country), as you're doesn't angle at the end to correct the BJ angle. Is that a BJ spacer on there too on yours? And what's up with the nut on the bottom of the BJ? It doesn't look tightened down. Edited December 26, 2008 by Mr. Pickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff57 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) You need to get better photos of the UCA mounting point to the chassis ( looking in from the side and from angled ) The main pivot bolt looks suspect (bent) in your first photo The UCA itself dosent look bent, certainly not enough to cause that much lean. The Impact may have caused some/all of the mounting bolts c shims to fall out Check to see how may shims are on the other side. There should be a similar number on this side. Geoff Edited December 27, 2008 by Geoff57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiredWrong Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 the reason the BJ looks loose is because the blot keeps spinning off , no cotter pin . there was no cotter pin or mount hole on any of the new BJ's ... I've found that to be very odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff57 Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 (edited) They just rely on the frictional grip of the taper on the bolt to hold it. The bolt taper and hole must be clean, free of grease/dirt and has to be sitting straight in the hole to begin tightening. You may need to push hard against the joint while tightening to get the taper to start to hold. From your photo you seem too have to much reverse angle on the bolt and it cant sit straight enough in the knuckle hole to allow it to start tightening. You need to sort out what is going on with the UCA mounting. If the all the c shims/spacers are in place then there is a real possiblity that the chassis rail is bent. Edited December 27, 2008 by Geoff57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiredWrong Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I don't understand this one bit ..... the tor down the upper/lower down to 175 and yet the nuts still spins loose . The treads are fine along with the nut , want though four sets now . About to drill holes in them and cotter pen them all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91PathSE Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff57 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) For it not to be tightening up it is either the wrong ball joint and has the incorrect size taper for the knuckle hole. Or the hole in the knuckle has be flogged out (enlarged) from the bolt coming loose at some time. You could try putting a flat washer under the lock nut to let the taper go further into the hole and hopefully hold You will have to make sure there is enough thread left on the bolt for the nylock nut to hold. The flat washer hole must be slightly larger the top the taper on the bolt. How do you hold the bolt to get it torqued down to 175 Edited December 30, 2008 by Geoff57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiredWrong Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) For it not to be tightening up it is either the wrong ball joint and has the incorrect size taper for the knuckle hole.Or the hole in the knuckle has be flogged out (enlarged) from the bolt coming loose at some time. You could try putting a flat washer under the lock nut to let the taper go further into the hole and hopefully hold You will have to make sure there is enough thread left on the bolt for the nylock nut to hold. The flat washer hole must be slightly larger the top the taper on the bolt. How do you hold the bolt to get it torqued down to 175 with a few beers a vice grip and a impact gun . I used locktight for it and now .... i think I missed something up something on the wheel is knocking hard , making the rig shake real hard go 30+mph Edited December 31, 2008 by WiredWrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Think maby you oblonged the hole for the upper ball joint in the spindle from running it with the nut falling off? I would think that would give you some shakes, bangs, and soem allignment issues. Usually not a fan myself of my front end hanging on by hopes and dreams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiredWrong Posted March 14, 2009 Author Share Posted March 14, 2009 problem fixed ; good lord the problem was looking at me in the face the whole time too . the T-bars where maxed out on the L/F ; so I dropped them and leveled the whole rig to norm as for the knocking your going to like this ... i guess i but the wheel on wrong XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavefromOZ Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 problem fixed ; good lord the problem was looking at me in the face the whole time too . the T-bars where maxed out on the L/F ; so I dropped them and leveled the whole rig to norm as for the knocking your going to like this ... i guess i but the wheel on wrong XD How does one put a wheel on wrong???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 How does one put a wheel on wrong???? Backwards....??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY1PATH Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 How does one put a wheel on wrong???? tighten the first lug all the way so that the other 5 don't center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 How does one put a wheel on wrong???? Up side down. DUH!! B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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