What happens when upper ball joint fails?

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06-19-09, 08:55 AM

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whats the diff between an upper ball joint and upper control arm? i've never heard of an upper ball joint....

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06-21-09, 09:21 AM

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the terms are used interchangeably in our case because the ball joint is fixed to the control arm. cant replace one w/o the replacing the other. in some cars, you can seperate the ball joint from the arm.

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