THERE IS A VERY GOOD REASON THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE INSTALLED THE WAY THEY WERE , IF YOU WANT TO REENGINEER THEM JUST PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER WITH THE BOLTS GOING UP THRU THE LCA AND PUT THE NUTS ON TOP OF THE LCA , NOW GO PLAY IN THE MUD AND THE ROCKS AND BANG IT AROUND AND HOPE AND PRAY THE NUTS DO NOT COME LOOSE AND THE BOLTS FALL OUT , ANY GUESSES ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT, EVER SEEN A LOWER BALL JOINT POP OUT OR COME OFF OF THE LCA , AS IN A LOT OF DESIGNS THAT HAVE THE BALL JOINTS RIVETED TO THE LCA , IT IS A SAFETY REASON THAT IS THE WAY THE ARE DESIGNED THAT WAY , ALL THE NUTS CAN FALL OFF AND THE BALL JOINT CANNOT SEPERATE FROM THE LCA IT WILL RATTLE AROUND AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE BUT IT WILL STILL BE THERE WHEN YOU GET STOPPED . JERRY