65 Pickup Ball Joint Issue

[cwcarpenter98]

The hole for the ball joint is the same size on the lower control arms for 1/2 ton 63 - 87. The taper is the difference.
I had some slight looseness to the ball joint hole on one of my control arms. It stemmed from my inexperience of working on trucks back within the first year I had the truck. I tried pushing the ball joint out the wrong way. Anyways, I put a new one in back then, didn't seem to have an issue, but noticed it was a smidge loose when I took it apart several years later. Somehow, as I was straightening the bent part back, I tightened up the hole somehow. All that to say, check to see if the LCA is bent up around the hole and maybe a hammer and some force can get it tightened up again. Is my method the most professional? Probably not, but if all else fails, you can tack weld the ball joint in or just replace the arm.