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2003 V70 stripped mounting bolt V70-XC70

posted by  someone claiming to be Mike Brown on  Wed Apr 19 18:35 CST 2017 [RELATED]

Greetings-
Earlier this evening my wife's ball joint was knocked out by a pothole causing the axle hub to ride inside the wheel. Not a problem - and I was able to get a new ball joint quicker than the tow truck arrived. Love the "new" style ball joints that don't require replacement of the entire control arm, and felt like this was an easy fix.

Popped the wheel, and struggled a bit, but was able to pull the ball joint out. Then, when installing the new one, I had a hard time lining up the grooves. It started raining, and the air is still chilly in Maine, and I may have pressed harder than I should have. I was cheating, and using the impact wrench, to seat the new ball joint. It wouldn't pull in all the way, and then the front bolt stripped in the hole.

Not an ideal situation, and now I am really worried about finding a safe solution (hopefully short of replacing the hub). Has anyone else done this? Tap and drill a slightly larger one? Can this be drilled through? If anyone has a solution I am all ears!






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