I have not taken out the part of the ball joint stud that is still in the spindle yet. I don't think it is right at the transion.
There were no signs of the problem, I checked the car over pretty good. Just put the shock back on and eveything looked ok. I agree all the ball joints should be replaced.
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Originally Posted by Silverback51
If you look at the 009.jpg picture you can tell that this condition has existed for some time. The final failure happened when the dark gray area failed. The lighter gray area had been cracked for some time. It appears to me that it failed right at the transition to the threads. Is that correct?
And don't feel bad. The chances are that a casual inspection would not have indicated the condition so you did not do anything wrong
I would recommend that all ball joints be replaced. Could have been a bad batch. or an isolated condition.
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