need help with front lower controll arm screwy nutty thingy thing.

[RandyRhydah]

that one there. it turns out 3 folded up towls over it wasnt thick engough to protect it against my wacking it wish a hammer to get it out.. and now putting it back together after taking the axel out ive f**ked the thread and the bolt wont go on anymore.. do you think it will be safe to just file the 2 bottom rings in the thread down so the nut can screw on or what else could i do? ive tried getting a pick and sort of trying to rethread it with no success..


any advice would be awesome.

[DvSnGuYeN]

from a non-professional, DIY POV, I'd say file it down till ya can get the nut threaded on... but don't find too much, just enough to whack your nut on...

[lookingforboost]

man you have stuffed the thread on the lower ball joint..... take the arm back out and take it to a shop and get them to press a new ball joint into it dont file it away if it fails you could damage the / get hurt, from hitting it you could have damaged the ball joint anyway so it might start knocking etc

there is a special place you hit them to get them to come off your not supposed to hit the bottom of the bolt / thread :P

new ball joint should be about 70-100 pressed in just ring around first

[aaronng]

That looks like bad thread damage on that bolt. If it was mild, I'd say clean the thread with a threadcleaner, but that damage looks very bad. I'd agree with what the others have said and get a new ball joint pressed in.

[tseesinngwailo]

Supercheap have some cool ball joint removers, was only $20 or something and works by a bolt pushing the ball joint out without damage, highly recommended rather than whacking it with a hammer, but yeah, i'd be replacing the ball joint to be sure.

[B18cEG]

just get a thread chaser ot a die of the correct size and just go over the bolt again, on the other hand whenever doing something like this where you need to hammer the bolt/thread always have a nut further up on there so that if the thread does get a little damaged, when you undo the nut it will repair the thread.

Good luck,

[B18cEG]

From that low res picture that thread doesnt look too bad at all, what you guys may be thinking is very bad damage is prob the split pin holes.

[Paul1985]

just get a thread chaser ot a die of the correct size and just go over the bolt again, on the other hand whenever doing something like this where you need to hammer the bolt/thread always have a nut further up on there so that if the thread does get a little damaged, when you undo the nut it will repair the thread.

Good luck,

I got a new OEM honda ball joint for around $70 i think off memory and pressed it in at a workmates house (has a press).

He made up a special press piece for it on the laithe and we still had so much hassle that we ended up hammering the joints back in via a vice (mind you, we had a perfect fitting adaptor made up from a lathe so it wouldnt hit the wrong parts of the joint). If you look at the way the knuckle is moulded its near impossible to situate it in a press correctly to install a ball joint unless you have all the appropriate equipment...

I think a shop would charge you quiet a sum to press it in. I was charged $40 on a different car for ball-joints pressed in.

$100 - $200 i would expect including the joint.

Definately try run a die over it/file the threads out with small file/thread file. However you can. If you can repair it good. If not it's going to be a hassle.

[RandyRhydah]

the threads not badly damaged as it may look in the pic its just the first ring in the thread has been pushed in a little so the nut cant get started. i will try to file it iff not ill get my mechanic to look over it

[dumped echo]

File the thread till you can spin on a die...then put the nut on.

If the damaged thread is not where the nut sits when tightened...it should be ok
Make sure you still use the split pin though