Many will laugh at this, but here we go !
The orientation of the ball joint to the hub carrier is set in a specific position and it is for this reason, the hub nut MUST still be tight-ish to pull the hub carrier into the correct orientation. If this is ignored it is likely that the joint pin will engage back into the hub carrier, but consumes plenty of manipulation and even more swearing.
I have done enough clutches, lower arms and coil spring changes to enable the theory to be best practice, also it never hurts to share an easier way to do stuff.
Any critique of this, should try it before making stupid meaningless statements on this subject.
It is understood that some B-J's simply fall out of the pinch area, and similarly go back in the same way, but some simply don't !
Finally, please remember that if you spread the jaws of the hub carrier, it will most likely become deformed and not allow for a proper clamping effect with an ovalised pinch.
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