Upper ball joint castle nut

[danmas]

Folks,

I was doing the final torque on my driver side suspension assembly. For the upper ball joint the manual calls for it to be torqued to about 75. However, if I do that, the cotter pin is like a quarter inch below the castle nut, which means the nut can spin freely. If i back off the castle nut so it engages the cotter pin, there is literally no torque. I feel like either there needs to be a spacer in there or I need to whack the joint and have it pop out a bit (its under tension with the shock). I am not sure what to do here. Anyone else had this issue?

Thanks!
Dan

[Jeff Kleiner]

Hard washer or spacer under the nut so that the pin will engage.

Jeff

[danmas]

Super helpful Jeff. Thank you. That did it. It puzzles me that this would be something we should have to hack. I can't see anyway you could do it on either side with out a washer. Or maybe some people don't get their ball joints as seated and this allows for that? I dunno, but, I will leave solving universal problems to people smarter than I am. Thanks for putting my mind at ease Jeff. I am grateful.

Dan