I am trying to find out who makes this ball joint as I think it's a 3 year old DuraLast from Auto Zone but I can't be sure and they don't look like my new one?????? They are stamped with "Du" on the inside dog ear. I sware it was a DuraLast and I have a warranty.

 

the "top" view of that looks alot like the moog that iv got on the drivers-side of my truck, but its too dark for me to try and check for any stampings on the bottom, what is it off of if you dont mind me asking?

 

DU ralast would make sense

 

Here you can see the ware:















Pushing it in:






And here is the amount of play in the joint. Pulling it out:

 

Damn, hydra! That's alot of play. Good thing you're replacing it. Why not just take it to AZ and try to get it done under warrantee? Worst thing they'll do is refuse. JMHO.

 

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I looked up in their computers and my warranty is not there. Regardless I bought a new one and I will wait like 2 months and take it in and get a new one on exchange for the other side. The one problem I have is I want to make 100% sure that it was the DuraLast that failed as that if it is theirs they should be liable and is only fair.

Way back 4 years ago I bought crappy upper BJ's and installed good DuraLast in the lowers. 1 year later the drivers side upper went so I replaced it with a DuraLast. The passenger side upper is ? (cheapo) (I think). Anyway, I went to AZ tring to ensure the warranty BEFORE I pulled it and they couldn't find my warranty?????? I just like to do it right.

So the moral of the question is:
Is it their BJ so I don't give them a wrong one?