New lower spindles,problems with upper ball joint fit

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The spindles I bought from Classic Performance Products. CPP is clear in their description that the spindles are basically '73-newer. The kit includes new 73 upper ball joints and outer tie rod ends as these are different than 71-72 pieces. I knew this going in. What fried my a** was that the ball joint does not sit down flush in the upper a-arm hole, the hole had to be reamed out to get the b-joint to seat. I had read of this situation in a magazine a few years before but had forgotten until...