Rear Camber Problem
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Steve-
Each time this subject comes up, you specifically drag out the ball joint argument and the 'safety' aspect. If you now admit that the ultimate failure mode of a yoke is not comparable to that of a CV joint or ball joint, why keep using it? There's plenty of other things that will cause a failure during a safety inspections, a leaky muffler or burnt out tail light. Pick those instead- either can go unobserved by the driver and can pose a 'safety' issue.
Each time this subject comes up, you specifically drag out the ball joint argument and the 'safety' aspect. If you now admit that the ultimate failure mode of a yoke is not comparable to that of a CV joint or ball joint, why keep using it? There's plenty of other things that will cause a failure during a safety inspections, a leaky muffler or burnt out tail light. Pick those instead- either can go unobserved by the driver and can pose a 'safety' issue.
The discussion of separated joints was not a comparison to the current item. It was simply an illustration of how oblivious drivers can be to obvious driveability symptoms even when components are worn to the point of catastrophic failure. An illustration of how redundant the answer to your question about noticing any driveability issues is. You don't do safety inspections by way of a road test.
How unsafe is it? It won't pass a safety inspection and a good analogy would be to treat it like you would a worn out bushing in an upper frt control arm. How long would you leave it?
Steve g
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Wait until the suspension is back on the ground and settled, then take another look.
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Just a few more little known facts.
Steve g
