That's what I'm guessing.
I put it back in and used my ball joint socket and a breaker bar to do it 'fudging tight' again.
I think I may have inadvertently caused it to come loose as I smeared the thread with a little copper grease, in an effort to stop corrosion. In retrospect, not a very clever idea, as I guess it eased it's rotation back out of the socket.
What's also worrying is that it passed it's MOT with it like it, as I can't believe it's happened in the handful of drives I've had since she got her ticket renewed.
I'll give the other side the once over tomorrow, but it looks fine at first glance, with the joint tight against the socket, and I can't see it moving with steering input (unlike the loose one)
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