Drag arm ball joint no more....
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Interceptorxj
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The play in the ball joint should have been picked up at the MOT before it was able to seperate.
Pawl
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I'd hope as the driver I would have picked up the play in the steering around straight ahead before a ball joint separated 
. Or has it actually broken ?
. Or has it actually broken ?Nig43
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I had this happen to me after a 70mph trip down the M5. No difference to steering prior to failure and had been MOT'd two months before. Actually just fell off when I parked up, very scary. Wrote to Landrover suggesting the should fit grease nipples to these joints. Predictably they didn't want to know.
pourickleboy
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...has the steel tapered pin detached from the ball? I can't tell if the complete ball joint has come out. Cheap ball joint?
Nig43
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Probably the complete ball has come out. Mine was original factory fitted.
Changed it tonight in the snow. The ball had come out.
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Gazbo
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Standard height or lifted?
The problem should have become apparent long before the falling out.
I have had the same thing happen on an old workshop Hilux that was pretty flogged, certainly makes for an interesting driving experience at 100kph on a bad dirt road, sh1ts were certainly trumps that day.
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Never seen a D2 pitman arm up close, are they all banana shaped? Does the D2 use the same steering box as a P38 or the 4 bolt Adwest unit? Seems strange unless the steering bar is deliberately longer ala P38?
