Weld the upper ball joint in ?

cuda67 said
We have all heard of something or read of something happening but I have yet to see it first hand. I have been a Mopar freak since 1965 and I have had about a dozen and still have a Mopar and will always have one. I have replaced several upper ball joints and I always heard this story, yet I still can't name anyone who this has happened too. Loctite, sure can't hurt, but welding is a little extreme in, MHO.

Well, now you can. That is a brand new ball joint in a brand new upper control arm, installed by a Master Power employee. We got about twenty five miles on it, and then noticed a binding when we tried to turn right. Pulled it all apart and this is what we found.

I didn't have a ball joint socket, so we took the control arm off and put the ball joint in a vice and snugged it but the best we could. Four equal tack welds around the edges and it's better than new!