I salvaged a drivers side strut to replace the one on my car (which has a nice sawzall gash ) and figgered I'd replace the ball joint. Or maybe not, it seems fine. Had to remove the buggered bolt, and just looked on PP for replacement... Seriously, $26 bones for a lock pin and nut?

Am I missing something here? OK, I admit, I'm a CSOB, but

Yup.

Whatever you do don't over torque it. Think about paying that kind of money for a $2 part and then snapping it in half.

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I just replaced both sides on the race car as a maintenance item

the factory torque seemed way to high... around 35lbs if I recal
I got to 26ish lbs with a good torque wrench and was afraid to go more