Please help, Aspire swap question

[b_rad]

I searched and search but could not find the thread i was looking for, anyways, a am doing the aspire front swap and I got my hub assembly's from a junk yard, they took them off and said they were from an aspire, but where the ball joint is different, instead of like the festiva and having a bolt that pinches the ball joint in place, these are solid, so it looks like the ball joint is supposed to have threads and a nut on it to stay in place. I was just wondering if I got the wrong hub assembly's and if so is there anything that I can do? Thanks

[Jimmy812]

It sounds like you got wrong knuckles.

My Aspire knuckles had the same sort of clevis with a through-bolt thing as the Festiva has - uses the same threadless and taperless balljoints.

[renny10n]

Same here, just did mine and it's a pinch bolt set up?

[mattswabb]

post a pic. It does sound like you got the wrong ones.

[Damkid]

i would assume its the wrong ones, but we can be sure until we see pics

[wcbarker]

Yes they are not the proper ones

But post pics

[festivaWES]

even proteges have a clevis split collar....probably not even ford/mazda

[b_rad]

I will work on some pictures tomorrow, they look identical in size and shape exept for the ball joint attatchment is different.