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Re: Causes of broken ball joints
This is caused by lack of maintenance. Jack truck up and check for play a couple times a year to prevent this. Typically play at 12 and 6 means bearing or ball joints, play at 3 and 9 means tie rod end or other steering link, and play in all directions is wheel bearing. I grease every other oil change. My '92 K3500 went 335k on all original steering except idler arm that wore out every 80-90k. And that was with 285/75-16s and was a loaded work truck it's whole life
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