Well first off the damn parts store gave me the wrong upper ball joints and it was a pain in the *** to get the lower ones out. After all that and having to reuse the old top ones and new lower ones I realize that I cant keep the ball part from spinning so I can tighten the nuts for them.

I got the lower ones to tighten up by litereally dropping the truck on a flat head and holding it with a set on channel locks and was able to tighten the lower ones, but I stil cannot tighten the top ones.

Is there a trick or special tool I need to tighten these damn thing as the repair shop wants way to ****ing much to do this for me

 

Yeah, there's a special tool for that. you can rent it or buy it. check on the link to give you an idea of what it looks like:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=4065
Auto zone is suppose to rent them for free, but they don't where I live.

 

Yeah I had one of those. Even with that I had to cut lower one out of the steering knuckle because the ball and stud were spinning.