Lower Ball Joint Castle But Keeps Spinning

[The G-Man]

[toycar]

tip for avoiding this in the future;


Adjust your ratchet to left loosey righty tighty prior to putting it on the nut. If you know the ratchet is correctly doing whatever it is you want, you dont have to worry about upside down backwards which way is loose kinda stuff.

Adjust your wrench, go from there.

[illinois_erik]

Okay guys, I found out what I did wrong with the castle nut... Are you ready?... I was turning it the wrong way the whole time.



I didn't take into account that the nut was upside down so when I went to turn it left like a normal nut, I was really just tightening it.




O well, its my first time, mistakes are bound to occur. I am sure others have done it before.

doh! thats kinda weird though there superman, usually when you tighten it down it cinches up in the knuckle and you shouldnt be able to spin the nub of the joint.. ah well at least you figured it out and can admit it amongst us.. no worries we all started somewhere and knowing stuff is 80% experience.. next time though you should eliminate the obvious even as trivial as it may seem.

[cb7attack66]

agree not to many people admit their mistakes props for that,and awesome you figured it out..

[accordztech]

a faster and better tool would of been a die grinder with a carbide bit. Just cut 2 slots in the nut and your done in 10 minutes.