When I was installing my lower motor mount insert I looked over @ the ball joint only to see the grease boot emty. I figured like most newer cars that it would have a grease fitting to lube it up but i got feeling around and something poked me. I wiped away dirt and grease to find that someone sniped the grease fittings off on both sides. Its clear as day that they were cut. There is no way some one could have jacked up and it and broke it. On both fittings the cuts are the the same. The only 2 places my car has been have been the dealership and Sears for 1 oil change. Might wanna check your if you have had anything done there.

The one on top is a new one for comparisson.

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The car was probably jacked up wrong. But what alot of dealerships are doing nowadays is damaging the grease fittings because 90% of people either use the wrong grease, lube them up wrong (i.e. too much/too little), or just plain don't do it. So they figured things are better left alone.

From the factory the ball joints come with plugs in them to prevent greasing them altogether.

 

Actually, they snap them off at the factory. Honest!

 

Yes, he is right. The Factory is the place where they got cut off. They grease them, then cut them off. That way when they wear out you buy MOPAR PARTS to replace them. And you have the dealer put then in. It's called MONEY. You have it and they want it.

 

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I had to replace one of mine for other reasons (i.e. my friend tanking a hole made by an asteroid at 120mph in my car) and they're a PIA to do, damn press fit ball joints.

All you have to do is with the weight on the car, head underneath there and look at the zerk fitting, if you can see it, you're good. If its sucked into the joint with the joint loaded, then its bad. Wear indicator ball joints are the easiest ones to check