2012 Rock Warrior

Dealership says The lower ball joint bolt stripped out and I have to pay for all this repair stuff

anybody ever heard of bolts stripping out here???

 

I have the exact same truck and have never had any issue like that. Your picture made me go outside and check mine. Tight as a tick on a hound on mine.

 

Thanks for your help. I'm certain that these bolts don't do that by themselves.

 

Those bolts are treated with red loctite from the factory and torqued to 221ft/lbs. I don't see how they could back out on their own, unless someone took them out and didn't reinstall them to those specs.

 

I cannot comment on the spec and I am perplexed. When I have all the parts for repair I will post more photos and background.

Black Sheep that may be the root cause here. Notice the drag mark on the inner rim. I believe that the bolt head caused this. Suspicious.

 

No damage to the threads. No $3,000 repair bill. A $10 bolt is all.
The bolt was likely not re-installed with loctite to torque spec.

 

ooooouuuuuuuccccccchhhhhhh. thanks for sharing your horrible experience. hopefully others take note before they think about not reinstalling those bolts to factory spec.