Are ball joints supposed to spin?
A lot of times, when you’re installing a ball joint into the lower control arm and trying to tighten the nut to lock in the ball joint shaft, the shaft will spin if you do not have enough pressure on the lower control arm.
What to do if your control arm nut spins?
The cage nut now freely spins inside the cage, so the cage is what I thought was a sheet metal box. I should be able to break the cage loose, slide the bolt up and get an open end on the nut. Then replace the cage nut ($4.50) and a new bolt ($8.50) and I’m back in business.
Where does the control arm bolt go in a Chevy?
The bolt that goes through the Front Lower Control Arm Rear Bushing goes up into a nut that should be captive in the frame. This nut is no longer captive, so I can neither tighten nor remove the bolt!
Why is my control arm bolt not spinning?
If not the threads in the frame are stripped (it happens I deal with the crap everyday im a tech:laugh If so you’ll have to re tap the frame rail if you dont have access tap and die kit maybe you can go buy one.
How much does it cost to replace a control arm nut?
I should be able to break the cage loose, slide the bolt up and get an open end on the nut. Then replace the cage nut ($4.50) and a new bolt ($8.50) and I’m back in business. I’ll update again… hopefully with pictures!
The bolt that goes through the Front Lower Control Arm Rear Bushing goes up into a nut that should be captive in the frame. This nut is no longer captive, so I can neither tighten nor remove the bolt!
The cage nut now freely spins inside the cage, so the cage is what I thought was a sheet metal box. I should be able to break the cage loose, slide the bolt up and get an open end on the nut. Then replace the cage nut ($4.50) and a new bolt ($8.50) and I’m back in business.
If not the threads in the frame are stripped (it happens I deal with the crap everyday im a tech:laugh If so you’ll have to re tap the frame rail if you dont have access tap and die kit maybe you can go buy one.
I should be able to break the cage loose, slide the bolt up and get an open end on the nut. Then replace the cage nut ($4.50) and a new bolt ($8.50) and I’m back in business. I’ll update again… hopefully with pictures!