Re: Causes of broken ball joints
I would grease mine every other oil change. It was ready for ball joints at 335k when the engine went. I was going to buy loaded upper control arms and slap them on. I figured at 22 years old the bushings could use being replaced. That's next on my '95 K2500 Suburban w/170k. I replaced the idler arm and pitman and still have play in ball joints. I guess previous owners didn't maintain as well as I had expected being a fleet maintained county sheriff K9 unit. But evidence of lack of maintenance has already shown elsewhere.
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