Ride Height P-30
I was recently in an accident and had the left side of my front end replaced. Upper A arm and ball joint lower A arm and ball joint inner and outer tie rods and a new tire. In addition the RH lower A ...
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Based on what Mike and Bud just posted I think I can figure out what happened to cause the lower ball joint to fail. I originally thought that the castle nut on top was loose and caused the banging noise but could not figure out how it could loosen because the steer safe u joint was around the nut preventing it from loosening as well as the cotter pin. However if an undersized ball joint was installed the taper would slide back and forth inside the tapered hole work causing it to work harden the taper and cause it to eventually fail. I can tell you I could not tell that the upper one was undersized, no noise or handling problems. All Superior Spring did was put a washer under the castle nut the first time when they noticed it was loose. I just wonder how many P-30's are out there with undersized ball joints?
