Ball joint/strut wedge pin, Pulling through hole Options

[rjames]

So I got one of the ball joints installed into the strut housing without any issues. Went to do the other one and got the wedge pin tapped almost flush and then went to tighten the nut and got to 20 foot pounds (spec is 33) before the wedge pin started pulling through. WTF?!
Is it safe to leave it like this? This is a wedge pin from Porsche.

[rjames]

I was able to tighten the other strut to 33 foot lbs without any issues. Maybe I just got lucky though. 33 is what the Haynes book says and what I read on other threads here in my search.
That said, I found a post on Pelican saying that the 33 spec was for the earlier bolt style and the late style is 16 ft lbs, and that Haynes never updated the book. Fuch!

Is the nut bottoming out on the pin. I would do some measurements before I ran it, as is.

@mepstein I can’t see the threads without loosening the nut, which I’m kind of afraid to do at this point. If I back off the nut, I worry that I run the risk of the wedge pin being loose going forward. Maybe the ball joint is compromised now, too?

I checked the diameter of the hole that the pin goes through and it’s now wider than the top of my old wedge pins, so I’ve clearly altered the strut.

I see 3 choices at the moment:
- Leave it as is
- Loosen the nut, pound the pin back out which will likely be very easy to do, and try to tighten to 16 (I’m worried the pin will loose given the hole sequenced now)
- Get a new strut.

Is JB Weld an option here?