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Originally Posted by Zulfiqar
a bad ball joint on a W124 will cause the camber and caster to out of spec. In certain conditions you may feel the car wants to scrub while doing sharp turns. In that condition your car wont want to steer back from sharp turns. Mild turns will be okay though.
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if the ball joint has enough play to change caster or camber it will probably shake the steering wheel and would be easy to find on your oil change inspection. its not just the worn ball joint its telling people to just change them if the steering wont return straight. op has edited the original post to reflect that fact
if a quick inspection is done with every oil change this would be caught before it got to the point of not returning to center. thats the reson why shops charge more than most people want to pay for oil change because they are doing more than just changing the oil and filter
when i drive down the road and see someones steering wheel shaking or a tire bouncing around i will change my speed to get away from that neglectful person. they dont make the cars i drive anymore and i dont want anything to happen to them