Once the rubber boot is damaged they get all loose and sloppy at the ball joint. The boots on mine were split, not completely off like tobybul's, and they made the rear clunk. The new ones were very stiff compared to the old ones.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

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