What’s Inside a Car Ball Joint

45 thoughts on “What’s Inside a Car Ball Joint”

1. Bruh. I kinda lost interest when you said 'ford'. 😟😫

2. My original non greaseable ball joint has lasted 220,000 miles.

3. I thought they'd be like a total solid ball like a trailer hitch..
   For something that's so incredibly important , it needs to be solid.
   Had one break the other day . Then the next day the other one needed doing. When it broke the then cv axle pulled out. , it totally destroyed me and my life.
   Catastrophic when it broke

4. Thanks to your video I saved the cutting and grease hands, I was going to do the same for learning purposes!

5. Can you place that central metal part into a plastic bushing? Pls use a vise. Thank you for the film.

6. Safety first please!! No job anymore if u get some accident.

7. Greasing a new ball joint there’s no reason for grease to reach the dust boot while injecting grease is there?

8. Plastics used for bushings and bearings are actually self lubricating – no grease is required. That's why they use plastic instead of steel on steel – steel would require periodic lubrication.

9. 20 dec 2019 7:40 pm est:thanks

10. That ball joint doesn't require lubrication, the nylon (plastic) acts as a lubricant

11. THX for the visual CHRIS, I didn't know that it's the PLASTIC inside that wears out, it makes me wonder does grease keep the plastic from wearing thin or is just wear and tare? does it really matter if it has a grease fitting? My balljoints lasted 15 years with the OEM"s with no grease fittings,thx James

12. What type of cut off disc did you use to cut that open?

13. I work in a company where ball joints are made, ball is solid im company

14. This is informative to those who have to disconnect the Links to Anti-Sway Bars. A design that could be improved on. If you fail to hold the shaft while removing the Nut(s) with an impact gun, you will heat up the ball and melt the plastic. Often in the rust belt the nuts are so rusted that the Allen Key hole or 10mm stub fail before the nut comes loose. Try a Vise-Grips and Impact gun – same result if Vise Grips slip and you rotate the shaft.
    If you heat the nut you will also melt the plastic inside. You may as well have 2 links on hand (they are Left and Right) as you may have to cut off the nuts/shaft with acetylene torch.

15. Great jop man.. in Iraq we used to fix this ball by cutting the top layer and adding some rupper then closing the surface by welding..

16. a ball. how surprising.

17. fascinating, thanks mate.

18. You must be bored.. Play WOw

19. Not because you can make it you will do it,its nice how you show whats inside the ball joint but thumbs down on how you cut it with that grinder…as the saying goes prevention is better than cure….

20. What is inside?
    A ball and a joint I'M SHOCKED

21. its the car's hips ? … great videos , keep it up.. your should have your own cable channel.. thanks!

22. That's an incredibly dangerous way to angle grind. GTFO of here! Kids will copy you

23. I got a Toyota prius 2010 model Toyota don't sell the inner tie rods you have to buy the entire rack . All the after market are only for a gen 2 . So was just wondering if I could pop the shaft off and fit it to a new ball cup end . Or is it even possible to take them apart .

24. Inner tie rod . Is it possible to remove and replace the cup end???

25. Thanks. These things are great to know. You can then understand how they work, how they wear and the danger if neglected. Enjoy your videos.

26. Don't ever hold an object while you cut into it with a grinder….

27. ChrisFix = The Best .

28. …and it's a BALL!

29. Can you modify it by drilling in rivets for a grease fitting?

30. cool man, i cut open my transmission filter to see what was in it…clean as a whistle after nearly 200,000kms.

31. Hey Chris, I just replaced my control arms ~3 weeks ago and now there's a lot of squeaking coming from the front end when going over bumps. Sadly, I don't have grease fittings to use and I'm just dying to know how to properly grease my ball joint & bushings. I know I should've applied grease during the initial install… it was overlooked at the time for whatever reason.

32. Yeah, it's the part that makes a noisy clunk noise when your car run over a bump.

33. I was watching one of your other ball joint videos, then I wondered if anyone had made a video on what the inside of one looks like. Two videos later and I see this in the recommended videos section 🙂

34. Hey chris cant separate lower ball joint from spendle any suggestions

35. Looks like a hip joint.

36. Whats Inside IS Going TOW Bee Maad

37. Nice clear and concise video. Quality was good as well. I've replace many ball joints over the years, but I had my son watch this video so he could do it on his own. It was easy to follow for somebody with limited mechanical skills. Nice Job!!!

38. pretty cool chris

39. my car is wv polo match 2001 and lamp for ABS is constantly on

40. good

41. hole in joint is a heat resistor

42. I didn't know why they called it a ball joint for certain. Do now.

43. Thanks, always wondered what it looked like !

44. the way u were cutting the metal gave me anxiety watch out for your hands dude x.x dont want you to chop your shit off

45. thank you

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