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Hi all

My D8 has a strange problem with the left front balljoint: it keeps unscrewing itself out

Threadlock won't cure it. Balljoints are new and I don't have this problem on the other side. Have the correct tool for tightening it up.

Any ideas why it's happening?

Cheers

I can only assume the new joint is defective and the spindle/ball is to tight in the socket of the joint under load,i'd try another ball joint if i were you.

It sounds to me that the balljoint is defective and the ball is too tight in the joint socket when it is under load,i'd change the joint for another one.

grasmere59 wrote:I can only assume the new joint is defective and the spindle/ball is to tight in the socket of the joint under load,i'd try another ball joint if i were you.

Cheers! I might just have to do that if it happens again, they ain't dear. Cleaned up and threadlock, should have tried PTFE....

Did you stake it into one of the ball joint notches i.e. bend over a piece of metal to stop it rotating and coming loose

dummysock wrote:Did you stake it into one of the ball joint notches i.e. bend over a piece of metal to stop it rotating and coming loose

There are notches....?

Better go under the car later and stake them so!

Yes, they need staked in. What are you torquing them to? You need a big boy wrench and if I remember rightly it's over 300nm torque for these.

ally406 wrote:Yes, they need staked in. What are you torquing them to? You need a big boy wrench and if I remember rightly it's over 300nm torque for these.

250lbs ft is what I was told using a 3/4 breaker bar to tighten them. I wondered why it was difficult to remove them!

Have them staked and can safely say, the problem hasn't returned, lesson learned