Ball joint failure advice

Your strut looks like a boiler part from the Titanic.

 

Whenever I save up some more money I’m gonna throw them back in the ocean don’t worry

 

I'm a lurker, but I just replaced both LBJ and outer Ties about a month ago and it wasn't too bad(not a mechanic at all, first time doing anything other than oil changes). The only real hassle were 4 bolts that connect the joint to the knuckle, for whatever reason I couldn't get my torque wrench to click on any of them... I over tightened one and it broke off. Blue loctite and tighten as best you can.

 

Heard that man
I was having alot of trouble at first because I didn't have the correct tools for the job lol
A breaker bar and a puller worked wonders

 

I have to use an extension on my torque wrench in order to get it to sit on those bolt heads properly. They don't take a whole lot, just 60 ft/lbs...I snapped one of those bolts once too and it got stuck inside the spindle. That was fun

 

Saw that too, looks like it could snap in day now. So much caked on 'stuff'....

 

The idiot who owned it before me decided to cover up the rust with rubberized undercoat instead of remove the rust then undercoat. So they just sprayed EVERYTHING like idiots and now I’m left to clean up the mess lol

 

oh boy...winter is coming....

 

Game plan is to just replace things as money allows and remove as much rust as possible and repaint then oil
Might help a little bit

 

I enjoy watching this guys videos. Man I'm glad I don't live in the rust belt. The truck he is working on looks new on top, but holy cow at the rust damage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXvl9nt57Kg

 

saw that, crazy. Worst way to take care of your frame.