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premature ball joint failure...

xplorernewb

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91 ford explorer sport
amazing.. after 6 months all 4 ball joints have failed.. guess ill be reworking what i paid almost a thousand bucks for :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
 






You sure it's not just bearings being loose, maybe the shop you took it to didn't tighten the spindle nuts enough?
 






I'd go back and have the shop do it again for free, if you had a shop do it. No way that can happen in six months unless they did something wrong.
 






nope i can definitely see movement in the ball joints. problem is is the shop i took it to is almost 350 miles away.. looks like they didnt even touch the top ones but i do take it down a lot of dirt roads so they're caked with mud and rocks. theres a ring around the boot on the bottom ones too so i cant really tell if theres grease in them or not. this is frustrating
 






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