BBJ into spindle

[MemphisDart]

Seems as if the upper ball joint is not going in the spindle like it should. There is a huge gap in between the two. Is there some type of tool that could maybe push the ball joint in more?

 

[hemi71x]

What are you trying to do?
Are you trying to put a large ball joint upper control arm, into a small ball joint spindle hole?
Then that's not going to work.
Let us know more, so someone can answer your question.

 

[MemphisDart]

Sorry for not giving more detail...I am finishing a drum to disk swap, large ball joint to large spindle. It just seems like it's not in far enough, because when I put the wheels on and pulled it out of the garage the upper control arm moved up a little which made the front end drop. So I figured that the gap in between is too wide.

 

[mcnoople]

Pictures please

 

[MemphisDart]

On my iPad but I will try to get some up in a few

 

[MemphisDart]

Forgot to add that I have 17s on the car...my neighbor suggested adjusting torsion bar?

 

[zhandfull]

It should fit easily unless you have a small ball joint spindle and large ball joint and upper A arm. Do you have the dust boot on? Without it may look weird.

 

[MemphisDart]

Yea the dust boot is on

 

[MemphisDart]

Pics show the car height before pulling out of the drive way, and by the time I do a loop the body has dropped

 

[MemphisDart]

You can see the top of the tire in the first pic and in the second one the tire is under the fender.

 

[zhandfull]

Looks like you could just tighten up the torsion bars if you want to raise the front. It's common for them to settle in after you take the car off a jack and start rolling the car around. Probably also may need an alignment after the new ball joints. Did you install bushings as well?

Wheels look nice did you get the 7" or 8" width?

 

[MemphisDart]

Yea I installed the bushings also...7 in the front and 8 in the back...thanks!