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Old 23rd April 2011, 21:22
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Originally Posted by GreatOldOne View Post

I'm glad I was poking around the front though - Whilst investigating I found that the lower ball joint on the upright had worked it's way loose, and the steering was acting around the threaded portion of the joint, not the ball!

If I'd left it, and it worked all the way loose at high speed....
Not those dreaded 'metro' ball joints again!!
If you recall my first pair failed the MOT just the week before my SVA test. I had thread locked them in and had a devil's job getting them out.
I broke a 1/2" extension bar, if I recall before heating them up to get them out. The second pair fitted were left in the wishbones when I sent them back to Marlin for my replacements as they wouldn't come out.
I don't recall if I thread locked the third set, probably not
I guess the steering movement back and forth has undone your one?
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