I just thought I would update this for the sake of future searches.
Most of the threads I read suggested using a floor jack to apply pressure to the bottom of the knuckle, which will stop the ball joint from spinning with the nut... well, that would probably work great if this axle was under a vehicle... but it's not... and the only other suggestion I found was to smack the bottom ball joint with a dead blow hammer and try to "set" it before attempting to tighten the nut.
Well, that's what I did and what a PITA it was! I smacked it about as hard as I could with my 28oz dead blow hammer. I would get anywhere from a quarter turn to a full turn before I would have to hit it again. This made for a very long process!
I actually thought about trying to use the ball joint press to keep pressure on the ball joint while I tightened the nut, but I would have had to rent one, and I didn't know if it would work anyway, so I just stuck it out with the dead blow method.
Once I finally got the bottom one tight, I set out for the socket used to tighten the upper balljoint adjustment sleeve. After striking out at all the parts houses locally, I found it at
PartsMike.com.
I ended up torquing the lower ball joint to 90 ft/lbs, then the adjusting sleeve to 40 ft/lbs, then the upper to 90 ft/lbs like was suggested. It felt about right.
Billy