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found the problem
The nuts were different! I bought auto zone ones and the nut for the upper ball joint was tiny same size as the lower but w/ the castle and the ball joint had the hole for the cotter pin. Sooooo
I went to NAPA and bought new ones and used the autozone loaner tool and installed them. I have them finger tight on the truck. The NAPA ones have a larger nut that takes an 1 5/16 socket where as the autozone one was metric between 1 1/16 and 1 1/8 socket! I will be taking them back tomorrow.
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1970 K25, 8' stepside bed 350/465/205 44 up front, 60 in the rear 4.10s rolling on 33" Dunlop MTs
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1983 K20 w/ CUCV axles, 350/700R4/208 sitting on 37" Goodyears
1986 M1031 6.2 diesel, TH400/NP205 locker in the rear and a LS in the front, all stock for now.....
1986 K30, 350/400/205 dana 60 and 14 bolt. I kept the drivetrain. Body/bad and chassis are gone.
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