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Ball joints are the hardest working suspension part. They move up and down with every bump and swivel left and right with each turn. The front, lower ball joints have the toughest job because they ...

What holds a vehicle’s suspension together and guides the tire wheels while driving? Ball joints are a component of the front suspension system of a vehicle These joints comprise of a ball and socket, ...

Over time, parts of your fancy new car will start to break down and cause problems. Some of them are easy, some are extremely difficult to do at home, and some are expensive. Ball joints fall right in ...

Ball joints are one of those common factory wear items that will need to be replaced on your Jeep, with the typical service interval of tens of thousands of miles when running the stock suspension and ...

The great thing about cars is that you can do a lot of maintenance with simple tools. Cars are, in a sense, just a bunch of items held together with nuts and bolts, after all. Even suspension work can ...

In what’s now Ford’s largest recall of this year not related to the Takata airbag inflator crisis, Ford has issued a global recall that includes approximately 644,000 Explorer SUVs in an effort to ...

The Ford Motor Company issued a recall Friday of more than 740,000 Ford Explorer vehicles due to a seized cross-axis ball joint, which could lead to a crash. Specifically, Ford said, the problem could ...