wheeln with bad ball joints

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Apr 2, 2011 | 07:35 AM

sshifflett

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From: Centreville VA

wheeln with bad ball joints

Is it a bad idea to go wheeln with bad ball joints?. what could happen? My shop told me the lowers were going bad and that was about six months ago.

Apr 2, 2011 | 07:42 AM

wayoflife

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wheelin? no. driving on pavement, yes. bad ball joints will cause sloppy handling and death wobble.

Apr 2, 2011 | 07:56 AM

sshifflett

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Originally Posted by wayoflife

wheelin? no. driving on pavement, yes. bad ball joints will cause sloppy handling and death wobble.

Definatly notice the bad handling but no death wobble yet. Could wheeln with bad ball joints cause other things to break?

Apr 2, 2011 | 08:01 AM

Dynatrac

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Depending on how bad they get, a bad ball joint can cause damageto the steering knuckle. We just had a customer from this board with that problem and it required him to get new steering knuckles.