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, ...

Some of them are easy, some are extremely difficult to do at home, and some are expensive. Ball joints fall right in the middle of that spectrum. They’re not super expensive but may tax the home ...

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.

The new ball joints can then be mounted to the control arms via bolts, which allow for serviceability in the future (imagine that!). This is what I elected to do, and I will now show you how to ...

Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body ...

Dear Car Talk: I’m trying to find out if 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 ...

By contrast, the installation of these Dynatrac Heavy Duty Ball Joints is not as esoteric. After multiple trips under a 7,000-pound truck, culminating in a 2,300-mile road trip to Baja for the ...

unless you have to deal with ball joints, that is. Then things get a bit more complicated. That's why I always keep a ball joint separator on hand whenever I'm touching my car's suspension.

In other words, that grease you’ve been using to pack your wheel bearings might not be the best pick for the ball joints. Then again, it might be. You’re not here for riddles, though.

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 ...