Ok, either advanced are dumb, or I am...

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In the process of putting my truck back together and I had to replace my D.S. upper ball joint. So I went to Advanced and took mine up there. (My truck is like a 67, 69 and 80's model) I compared my ball joint to the one they brought me and it looked about right to the eye. So today I tried to install it and it seems as if either the shaft is to big, or I am supposed to beat the ever living hell out of it to make it seat right. I tried tightening it with the nut but it seems as if I'm going to strip the thread because of the strenght I have to put into it. I also tried beating the upper control are down a bit to see if it would seat it but no luck. It sits with about a 1/2" or so of shaft exposed. Is it supposed to be extremely tight like that? Kinda like a wheel stud is? I've never installed a ball joint so I just don't want to cause any more $ to fly out my pocket then already has. I did a search and could not really locate anything on this, so I'm guessing either I have to beat it in, or rent a tool(if possible) or I was given the wrong ball joint! Thanks guys, without you all I would never of been able to start my learning project!

Edit * LMAO ok I'm dumb, it's not "either advanced are dumb" it's "either advanced is dumb", lol