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[quote=klozhald][quote=shortyfox]As with anything on your boat, Murphy's Law applies, so fix it at the earliest opportunity. I had this happen on my boat and even thought I sailed a few times with it like that, I got paranoid at what it might do to the threads in the ball. I believe you're only supposed to hand tighten them, but I put a channel lock pliers on mine and gave it less than a quarter inch turn after hand tightening. That fixed it but I also wondered if you could fix it with lock-tight or even plumbers tape. One other thing, albeit pretty unlikely, check and make absolutely sure there's nothing rough in the mast base that could cause friction.[/quote] +1 Just tighten it. Only about the top half of the ball contacts the mast base. If you use anything else it will be in the way later or not resolve the problem. Teflon tape is slippery and won't solve the issue unless you put lots on and twist it enough to get it to freeze, and then you are loading a lot of pressure inside the ball which will make it fail, or disfigure and stretch loose again. Gluing it on makes removal, cleanup and replacement more difficult. My $0.02.<!-- editby --><em>Edited by klozhald on Jun 08, 2023 - 06:46 PM.</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]

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