Doddy Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 So I was taking off my A-arms to paint them this weekend and I had my bike over at a friends house to work on it because I no longer have a garage. I didn't bring ALL of my tools with me so I was working with what I had. I was trying to pop the ball joints and those freaking things were stuck in there good. I left my pickle fork at home so I just knocked them out with a hammer. Finally got em to bust loose took them home and spent about 4 hours sanding them and painting them with truck bed liner. Took them back over there last night to put them on and started threading the nuts back on and realized the entire fucking ball joint was spinning. So I apparently broke the shit out of 3 of the 4 A-arms and now I have to go spend a few hundred more on replacing them. I just thought I would post something up about it so no one else makes a dumb newbie mistake like I did. Just more proof that if you don't have the right tool for the job then go get the right damn tool so you don't have to go out and drop more money to replace the shit. GO BLAZERS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestack Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 When mine were spinning like that i just put them together and used a ratchet strap wrapped around them. Tighten the strap and it held the ball joint so i could tighten the nut Worked perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okbeast Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 haha you didn't break 'em. That's how they're designed. You can try the ratchet strap idea or just pop the ball joint down into the knuckle with a rubber hammer and see if that'll keep it from spinning when you put the nut on. And use an impact if you have one seems to work for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted April 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 God damn newbies don't know how this shit works! LOL Thanks guys. That's why I post shit on here, just saved my self about $200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyjersey Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Thats normal for them to spin, Put some pressure on them and use an impact or a ratchet and they will tighten up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydownunder Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieat4strokes Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Yea bro, no worries. Lol I did the exact same thing. Wondering how I was gonna get the nut back on. Use a rubber mallet, it'll put enough pressure on it to keep it still. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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