flipped ball joints

lol let this be a lesson. My truck was already lowered approximately 3-4" in the front with 195/60's. Well I got my new bj's today and got them in, bolted everything back together and set the truck down. This is the way it looks Both sides actually sat on the tires!



ROFL! Barely got the jack out from underneath!

Well so I was like "cool now I can raise my torsions back up some like I want and get more suspension travel in my shocks." So I turned one side, driver's, up about 7 rounds. Went to the other side and began turning it. Got it about 2 rounds and then it kinda made a slight pop sound, and I could see that some of the threads actually slipped. I was like "oh crap".

I tried a few different things but nothing worked. I now can't raise the pass side up, therefor I can't drive the truck till I get 1. a new bolt, or 2. put the pathfinders on the front. The problem with option 2 is I am really really LOW lol. I love seeing it tucked like it is, but I am like 1", or less, off the ground, hence the pics below:

Driver's side, cranked back up 7 rounds:


Pass side, slipped:


I have the driver's side about 1/2" off the tire, but the pass side fender is sitting on the tire.

what size are your wheels after seeing that im doing it the way you did it looks "FLIPPIN" amazing

lol yeah I know it does look sick doesn't it I just don't lnow how driving it this low all the time would be lol, afraid I'd nail a few things.

15" wheels btw w/ 195/60's Just not a good offset wheel right now. Now if I had my pathies put on lol, I could drive. I've got a major rake now towards the front lol cuz the rear is only dropped 3" and now the front is like 6" down

I may get the front pathies on today so I can atleast move the truck lol...the butt is out in the mid of my driveway...and then probably have to wait on Mazda to get me some new bolts in stock. Just hope I don't lose my torsion bar all the way now. I think I am gonna let the suspension droop, remove the upper bumpstop, and see how much pressure that takes off the torsion bar, and maybe use a pipewrench as well, and see if I can get the bolt's threads to grab so I can run it up some.

lol next to any bagged trucks around hear...right now I'd have the lowest front end Maybe I'll drop the rear some more by removing a few leaves this weekend and just raise the front a lil


Oh yeah btw, I did gain some suspension travel btw it looks. I think there's like 3-4" between the bumpstop bracket and the control arm, where as there was only like 1" before doing this mod. So that means my shock should be about 3-4" from bottoming out now too!

DO NOT flip your bj's pointed up UNLESS you have 16" wheels atleast. After having my tires put on my Pathies I found they wouldn't fit! It's because the scrub radius has been made larger, meaning the back/bottom of the BJ is hitting the inside of the wheel.

So if you have 15's or 14's you can ONLY flip your lower BJ up to the top of your control arm but leave it point DOWN! I tried all combinations with the BJ pointed up and it will not work, so I had to flip mine back downward BUT I did mount them on top of the control arm.

Now if you've got 16"+ sizes hey you can get about a 2"+ drop just from flipping the BJ's up and on top of the control arm.

with 14" wheels can you space the lower balljoint up at all?

not without leaving it flipped downward like it is from stock. Just take it and put it on top of the control arm but leave it pointed down and I don't think you'll have any probs at all.

well with mine flipped and me reindexign the torsions and mono leafing it las night mine sits about the low ill post some pics today on the photo post

YEah I saw in your post. I'll be near that low again...but hopefully with the a-arms not so close to the ground lol.

my a arms are still pretty far from the ground ill try to take a pic then ill try haveing it up tonight

Did my mono laf again today. Now just gotta get my new torsion bolts and then I'll reindex and set the front down a bit more, atleast tuck the tread lol.