Pitman Arm Stud Rotation Not Smooth

[charliec]

The stud on my pitman arm doesn't rotate smoothly. Even after greasing it up liberally, it still feels like it clicks or snaps as I rotate it in the socket. It moves to all positions, but not like a ball in a socket as I would expect. Almost feels like it's notched on the inside. Is it shot, or does this not matter?

 

[Vamisk]

Can you post a photo of the arm? it's most likely wasted unfortunately.

 

[charliec]

I'm not sure how much you can see from this short video, but what I'm trying to show is the definite "clicks" at various positions as i try to rotate the stud. I seems that it should be a smooth rotation of a ball in a joint.

 

[Vamisk]

On one hand that's not good, on the other a ball joint shouldn't easily spin either. It's done for in my opinon.