The main point was that if the same issue is occurring with an alternate part, usually that means the part you're attaching to has issues. The other indicator is if you can put ball joints in without a press, you've got major issues. If you've ever hammered them in, you will have issues. With knuck...

If it appears to be the same amount of wear I'd almost have to wonder if it's not the knuckle but where the knuckle connects to the axle. It's starting to sound like the ball joint bushings on the axle are now rounded out. You'd know if they are if you can hand press some ball joints in them. If it...

You could.... FORGE IT! Or have someone who likes forging do the cast for you. I love this guy's videos, he's got some of the coolest projects but here's him building out his own metal furnace. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK6iSgRrNXM That's a pretty cool video. So I ended up buying two used one...

It is possible to have a new part made from scratch too. Could you tell us what this is on, some of us might know of places to get parts. I thought about this too. It would be a fun project, I could replace the tie rods with rod ends that I could shim to adjust bump steer and use a uniball or somet...

Hey! I deciphered his name! I would imagine it's a Mercury Cougar (you know, since his names Hg Cougar), and if I were to autocross a Cougar, it would be the older, square body, rear wheel drive ones! Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk We have a winner...mostly. 2000 Mercury Cougar (its the wrong-wh...

I would rather replace it but it is discontinued and I can not find any new ones. I'm sure I could get a used one from a junk yard but then I am just replacing with one that would also have wear. I'm not all that surprised it has worn out a couple times over the course of 185,000 miles and a bunch o...

The hole in the bottom of my steering knuckle where the ball joint enters and in held in by a pinch bolt has elongated. This had worn out several years back and I had it stick welded (and ground) using a nickle rod. Now I am looking at TIG welding more filler metal back in. Assuming it is cast iron....