Weld the upper ball joint in ?

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!


Reproduction China upper control arm? The threads on the ball joint look nasty or over tightened with part of the UCA still attached.