If ball joints are allowed to degrade to the point of failure, it can lead to a wheel separating from the vehicle while driving. That is... not good. The Dodge Ram that I bought a few months back ...

You may have heard the term ball joint before and mistaken it for a ball and socket joint, which connects one bone to another. Ball joints on vehicles operate in much the same way, though. They ...

Ball joints are one of those common factory wear items that will need to be replaced on your Jeep, with the typical service interval of tens of thousands of miles when running the stock suspension and ...

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Q: My 2010 Chevy pickup truck has been a perfect truck for almost 12 years now. The last time it went in for tires and an oil change I was told it was going to need ball joints, and the ball joints ...

What holds a vehicle’s suspension together and guides the tire wheels while driving? Ball joints are a component of the front suspension system of a vehicle These joints comprise of a ball and socket, ...

I'm trying to find out whether I need to replace the control arm bushing or the control arm ball joints on my Mazda6. When my car is moving and I'm turning or braking, there are banging, popping, ...

It’s a well known fact now that the Jeep JK front axle ball joints can be problematic. Somewhere in the Jeep design process (or in the final accounting budget) it seems Jeep skimped on this part, ...

Balljoints will use over time and will lead to a bad handling if you won’t change them in time. However, changing the balljoints on your Toyota Camry is not a very easy job and requires a bit of ...