That pic is when the failure happened..I’m betting they winched it back together then welded it with mobile welder (red line). The pic Bebop color highlighted shows the progression…when the blue weld failed and let that bung rock around it the ball joint cup till that ear just ripped off the knuckle. Judging by the rust under the eliminator it was not installed great.
I did a buddies knuckles like BKOR recommended and he has rust all around the non-welded areas seeping out. Since then I've welded mine completely around and he plans on pulling his out to be fully welded. Being in the rust belt where rust forming between unwelded areas, behind parts, inside tube inside trusses, etc. Rust dripping everywhere is a common deal. You have to plan for it not to happen, just an extra thing we need to deal with up here.
I've seen completely sheared off balljoints. It's more common than failed BJEs I feel like.
Agree. So you'd agree that the ball joint would be the weak link (too weak imo to run this way though) and the contrary being the BJE's being stronger than the OE knuckle leaving you with the result above. Still worth the effort though as this failure is wayyyy less common than aball joint shearing off
That's why I did it on my car.
If or when any of this happens to my rig I'll be replacing the OE knuckle with a Reid and BJE and hopefully that'd final rework.
like I said, I don't think there is much extra strength from the Reid knuckles vs the OE ones in the balljoint area.
Great. That's what I thought but I haven't seen one in person. Trying to decide if I need to buy a boneyard axle just to rob some of the parts off it or just build from scratch.
knuckle change in 2012. Thickness difference so the stud length changed.
Are the knuckles substantially better and do they bolt up to the '05-2011 inner Cs still? It appears based on a very limited search of aftermarket knuckles that the outer knuckle change in 2012.5 was driven by a change in the front brakes...but no mention as to whether or not the knuckles are interchangeable with 2005-2012.5 housings/Cs.
Glad it helped.
For anyone questioning, this is no longer true.
Good to know.
No longer true in that they DO now weld it all the way around the top or don't weld it at all? I'm ASSuming the former based on the context.
Weld all the way around and maybe even the bottom. Would have to relook at my buddies to be sure on the bottom weld.
Does this sound happen at various speeds, turning?
not using that tire shop ever again.
Not that I've noticed, usually very low speeds like barely any throttle.
On my 16, it was loose lugnuts
On the F550, it's not doing it, it goes in phases where it does it or doesn't.
What year?
Using factory UB's?
The stock UB's can go for a long ass time, like 200k miles+
