Ball joint help.

[Thatwhitechevy]

Someone help please, scratching my head. Is my knuckle gone allowing the ball joint taper to sit deeper on that one side? Is the other side not far enough in the knuckle? 2017 Silverado 1500 leveled. These were just installed. 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Thatwhitechevy

[newdude]

26 minutes ago, Thatwhitechevy said:

Someone help please, scratching my head. Is my knuckle gone allowing the ball joint taper to sit deeper on that one side? Is the other side not far enough in the knuckle? 2017 Silverado 1500 leveled. These were just installed. 

 

 

 

That's a lot of angle going on there.  

 

Stock or aftermarket arms?

[Thatwhitechevy]

32 minutes ago, newdude said:

 

 

 

That's a lot of angle going on there.  

 

Stock or aftermarket arms?

They’re rough country forged uppers that were on it when I got it, thought they were the lifted ones but turns out they’re just oem forged replacements.
 

So at this point know I need new uppers asap, just can’t figure out why the other side ball joint isn’t going deep enough into the knuckle 

Edited November 26, 2024 by Thatwhitechevy

[richard wysong]

probably the wrong BJ, compare it with the old 1

[Thatwhitechevy]

2 hours ago, richard wysong said:

probably the wrong BJ, compare it with the old 1

Okay guys, so according to rough country I ordered the wrong ball joints. They’re saying they use a different replacement ball joint for the 2007-16 vs 2017-2018. Now my question is, why did it go in one steering knuckle but not the other? Obviously being the wrong ball joint, it shouldn’t have went in either. Is my steering knuckle hole wallowed out too wide now ? 

Edited November 27, 2024 by Thatwhitechevy

[newdude]

14 hours ago, Thatwhitechevy said:

Okay guys, so according to rough country I ordered the wrong ball joints. They’re saying they use a different replacement ball joint for the 2007-16 vs 2017-2018. Now my question is, why did it go in one steering knuckle but not the other? Obviously being the wrong ball joint, it shouldn’t have went in either. Is my steering knuckle hole wallowed out too wide now ? 

 

 

The knuckles are different for factory forged arms and then the factory aluminum/cast steel arms.  The ball joint stud is larger on the stamped and aluminum arms and the holes in the knuckles are sized appropriately.

 

Being you have a 2017, your stock arms were stamped steel so you need the bigger ones. 

 

Good explanation on it - Chevy/GMC 1500 Upper Control Arms: Everything You Need To Know – ReadyLIFT

 

 

Edited November 27, 2024 by newdude