Are These Ball Joints Worn Out?

[Viridicon JK]

Synergy, maybe about 20k miles on them. I have an intermittent death wobble at speeds above 40mph and I'm trying to narrow everything down.

I know worn ball joints COULD be the cause, but do these look like the LIKELY culprit?

Passenger UPPER:


Passenger LOWER:


Driver UPPER:


Driver LOWER:

[jchappy]

do you have play in them up and down or back and forth?

[Viridicon JK]

I'll have to check that tomorrow. I installed a lift back in July, and did some hard bumpy roads last month, so i figured i would be overdue for a re-torquing, so i went and re-torqued every single bolt i touched during my life, and every other bolt i could. i went and put about 60 miles on it the next day and had no wobble whatsoever. i just came back from a trip to the store an hour ago, about 5 miles one way, and i had the wobble twice when i went over 40mph. the people behind me didn't appreciate it.

I thought maybe something was loose, and that when i tightened it, i fixed it. but after today's outing, i'm right back at square one. If its not too stormy tomorrow, i'll check for movement.

[downs]

Check your track bars. They are the usual cause of death wobble. But there could be others. If you replace the ball joints use SPICER parts. They aren't that expensive and are quality parts that will last.