holy moley ive never seen a ball joint that bad before. damn!

 

Change em when they go bad, they will make noise when its on its way out but like i said before with our vehicles they make noise for a long time before they snap. I dont know what makes em go bad, mines only 14 years old and my previous car was 27 years old and still had all the original suspension still in place. All I know is they make noise for a while before they go.

 

Yes there was another jack stand, I would NEVER let anyone work under a vehicle with no jack stand.

 

They make noise, they just wont snap on you immediately.

 

So they wouldnt go bad in two years? I just want to not worry about my wheel going into the fender. Seeing the ones that came off makes me wonder how durrable they really are. Its kinda bizzar to me that one part holds the wheel where it needs to be and that part just falls apart. WOW!!

 

Only if you don't get them lubed at least every oil change. Generally the factory ball joints don't come with fittings to grease them but at the first oil change someone should have had fittings put in....factory thinks these parts can go without grease but that is only the bean counters trying to get you in their Service Centers to replace them.

A lot of it depends on who they get there OEM parts from and their standards of quality. As the old computer saying goes "Garbage in - Garbage out", well at least they don't have the same problem that Chrysler had with their Ram Pickups and Durango SUV's those had upper ball joints that would fail without warning. They had to recall a bunch of trucks...

 

Speaking two different styles here, Im a 1st gen and they are able to be greased but seem to go thru the grease too fast, I had mine greased a week ago and there are no tears in the boots and its empty again.


I am converting to Moog sealed ones this weekend. For a few extra bucks its the best choice you got.

 

Are there ones out there that you dont have to grease? I had a guy check mine on his lift last night and they are loose so times a comming to change them again.

 

Yes....MooG makes them.

 

Thank you everyone with info and not lauphing at me