Ball joints = cant align ???
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call me Randy
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From: Salisbury, NC
After I got my steering box replaced I needed an alignment. So I took it and got an alignment, they got the toe in the green but they said my ball joints were completely shot so they couldn't get the caster and camber set, but when I jacked my truck up the other day to replace my brakes I couldn't move the wheel at all, it didn't have any wobble to it. Wouldn't you be able to kinda wobble the wheel if both ball joints were 'completely shot' ??
jack it up under the control arm, take a pry bar and lift up under the tire, have someone watch the lower. it will move. then take a prybar, stick it in the upper shock mount and pry down on the upper control arm. youll feel the play in the balljoint if they are indeed bad. my balljoints were shot and i couldnt feel any play by hand untill I used a bar.

