Hooker headers

I was having trouble finding when and where I said that LOL I know she just quoted a part of what I was saying. That yes if you affected the part you have to replace it but there's of popping the ball joint off that doesn't create the problem. I've managed to do it gently enough not to get the boot roughed up too bad.
It isn't the boot so much as it is the strain to the joint. Shocking the taper with two hammers is the way to reuse a tie rod or ball joint.