Is my upper ball-joint toast?

nix · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:31 pm

I was inspecting my front suspension the other day when I noticed a tiny dab of grease on my driver's side upper ball-joint which is part of the upper a-arm. The grease blot was probably the size of a a ball-point pen tip. Very small. Anyways.. I smuged it off with my finger and noticed a tiny tear in the rubber boot on the ball joint. I've attached a picture below... do I need to replace my upper ball-joints or am I over reacting? If I replace the upper ball joints I will probably go with jeepin by al upper a-arms with the greasable moogs.

Thanks for your input..

Here is the pic:

adamkrz · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:27 pm

I would de-grease it with rubbing alcohol and put a dab of silicone over the hole..

dirtykj · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:38 pm

Mine is a LOT worse from all the rubbing and I'm still alive

*knock on particleboard*

RQuarte · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:50 pm

I destroyed mine with a ball joint puller, just check up on it and you'll be fine. at least i hope

KJ04 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:15 pm

adamkrz wrote:

I would de-grease it with rubbing alcohol and put a dab of silicone over the hole..

Ditto!

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:30 pm

adamkrz wrote:

I would de-grease it with rubbing alcohol and put a dab of silicone over the hole..

That is what I did once and it worked fine.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:41 pm

Get a grease needle for a grease gun and pump it full or grease first. Then degrease it and put some RTV on it. Just be sure to check it at every oil change.

nix · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:24 am

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to clean it up and put some silicone over it and keep an eye on it.

Is my upper ball-joint toast?

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