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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Ball Joint Failure-See pictures

Ball Joint Failure-See pictures

This is the latest part failure added to our wall of shame.  We saw this vehicle 42 miles ago.  Customer declined repair at that time.  Warned customer that vehicle shouldn't be driven.  Very unsafe.  Vehicle came back on a tow truck     When a ball joint is getting ready to brake you have very little warning.  You will probably feel a shimmy in the steering wheel and about the time you ask yourself what that is,  Boom it breaks.  And hopefully you are not on the freeway doing 70 mpr with a car load of kids.    Your vehicle mileage can be deceptive.  Lets say you have a 10 year old car but only 25,000 miles on your vehicle.  You would think that your ball joints wouldn’t be worn out.  But your vehicle is 10 years old and can be worn out.  Sometimes not driving your vehicle a lot can be harder on your vehicle than driving your vehicle every day   In an ... read more

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