Haulin' S

Sounds good. the car's in the air waiting on the flywheel to come and the clutch to go back in, so it looks like I'll have to wait to take it down. Kind of figured your answer was what was going to need to happen. Thanks!

R3DS2K

impact gun works best imo

Haulin' S

They'd still spin using an impact gun, wouldn't they?

Bikey

For most guns, no. The rpms and the hammering action are wondrous. But, best to avoid those whenever possible when assembling.

my2ks2k

just as an FYI...the threads on the ball joints are pretty easy to destroy, it's probably not the best idea to use an impact on them

Haulin' S

Ya, I'm thinking I'll wait 'till I get her down off the jack stands and then put them under the lower "A-arms" to put tension on and see how that goes. Flywheel is back and beautiful, clutch goes on as soon as that's in, then the tranny goes back and reassemble all of the parts that had to come off for the job. Waiting on new plugs to get here, add coolant, and aWAYYYYYY we go!!

Haulin' S

I cannot seem to get these ball joint bolts to seat enough to torque them they just keep spinning. I have the lower A-arms on jack stands, so the weight of the entire rear end is on them and still nada. Suggestions??

Haulin' S

I got one using an impact wrench, but they don't seem to be seating correctly even when tightened to torque. I'm really kind of lost here!

Bikey

What do you mean by not seating correctly? What is not seating correctly?
If worse comes to worse, you could slot the bottom of the stud with a cut-off tool (which has a thin cutting disc). This would allow you to hold the stud in place with a flat blade screwdriver while tightening with a wrench.

Haulin' S

Got them all "tightened, but what I mean is that the "bolt" part doesn't seem to be dropping all the way down into the hole on the A-arm. Give me a second and I'll post pix.