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Ball Joint 850

posted by  Fuzzy Navel on  Tue Jan 11 14:14 CST 2005
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I have to replace the ball joint on my 850.... which I am going to do, however I have a general curiousty question. What actually happens to my car if I do not. I have not noticed any play in the car at all.







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    Ball Joint 850

    posted by  Jot on  Tue Jan 11 15:01 CST 2005
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    Look at the news about Dodge recalling 600,000 trucks to replace balljoints. Rollovers and at the very least fender damage.








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      Ball Joint 850

      posted by  someone claiming to be Dan on  Wed Jan 12 02:10 CST 2005 [RELATED]

      The joint separates causing the wheel to fall off. You loose steering control and crash. Get it replaced.

      Dan








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        Ball Joint 850

        posted by  volvocrazed on  Wed Jan 12 03:25 CST 2005
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        It happened to me years ago with my 1982 Ford Granada (need I say it was a real POS). The front right ball joint broke, causing the vehicle to collapse onto the wheel. It's like locking up the brake on a single wheel. All this happened in heavy rush our traffic on I-94 in a bad area of Detroit (a bad area among the bad areas). Luckily, I was traveling in the right lane and the car pulled onto the emergency lane/shoulder all by itself. Nothing happened, although it could have been ugly.
        Getting out of the car unarmed and looking for a public phone to call AAA was the most dangerous part of the day though...
        --
        '97 850 n/a Wagon, 120K mi







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