C5 Ball joint replacement

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C5 Ball joint replacement

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Hi
hopefully i be replacing a lower front ball joint on my 2005 C5 estate this weekend (assuming the socket arrives).
What torque do i need to tighten the ball joint to and is it recommended to use loctite ?
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Post by john alexander »

Hi I've just done this on my wifes peugeot 307 , If the C5 has the same balljoint , 41mm socket , I just smeared the threads with copperslip and screwed it in . The flange is staked over so the balljoint won,t unscrew and you know if you need to replace it in the future it wont be rusted in
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Had a go today and failed !
I removed the disc/caliper for better access and got the ball joint split from the wishbone but couldn't get the ball joint undone from it's socket and ended up puttting it back together unchanged. I bought the proper socket for the bal joint, but despite using a 15" adjustable and a length of tubing, I couldn't get it to budge ?
Is it normal for them to be so tight?
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it is if you haven't bent back the peend over the tabs
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Post by davetherave »

Ive just done this job myself on the xm, and im afraid the only way i could get it undone was to remove the hub and take it up to a friend with an air gun to rattle it off, even then it took a few goes!

As for doing it up i used loctite and just applied as much force as i could manually. (still havnt put it back together yet though!)
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Post by john alexander »

I'm 54 and have always used copper slip on anything that bolts on a car and nothing has ever come undone unless I wanted it to, Life's hard enough without locktite
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Took it to the garage today, where the job was completed using a 3/4" drive wrench and a length of tubing. After rocking the ramp it finally gave in and started to unscrew ! No wonder I couldn't loosen it, the mechanic who does several taxis (peugeots/citroens) said sometimes they are near impossible.
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