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i pulled off most of the from suspension to find bad lower ball joints but i knew i had to replace the lower ball joints. i pulled the upper off and i can move the ball joint by hand it has no side to side movement or up and down movement but i can move it by hand pretty easy. i can grab the threads of the upper ball joint and move it around pretty easy is what i mean to say. so do i need new uppers or what?
You need to pull the balljoint up and down. All balljoints are easy to rotate around once they've been used. It's the play within the joint that you need to watch out for.
your fine as long as you dont have up and down movement i took the snap ring off mine and repacked with grease.. then replaced ring may need new ones or some steel wire