The ball joint and strut anchor on the passenger side separated while driving. My family and I are safe and that is the most important thing. It sounded like a flat tire so we pulled over. I used my cell phone light to see what was the matter and could not believe that the ball joint and strut anchor were separated.

Before this incident back in the fall, the steering was sloppy and there was an occasional clunk and thunk while making a hard turn either way. I bought some ipd bushings for the stabilizer bar and replaced them the bushings. (I installed turbo sway bars years and years ago.) The handling was still sloppy even with new swap bar bushings. I looked closer and saw that the ball joints were shot, so I replaced them too. And yes, I did replace the top ball joint nut and tightened it down so it is not the obvious mistake of not tightening down the top nut. Struts were replaced three years ago using Boge. Any ideas how this happened and what to do next?

Thanks,
George