[kdog_x]

Wow, That's pretty ugly! Chicago streets tend to have the same effect on cars.

Hard to tell if it's just the angle of the shot, but that looks like it's a little mangled to me. That bushing is very difficult to press in, I replaced it on one side, but I ended up damaging the bushing on my first attempt so I didn't attempt on the other side. I had to use a hose clamp to make that bushing smaller before I could push it in successfully. It was a huge pain and I thought I would damage the second one as well. I think what you have pictured is the joint underneath the one I have removed in post #23. It looks like there should be a solid lip all the way around from my picture there.

My "ball joint" that I originally made this thread for is creaking like an old farm truck again, so I will be sliding under there to re-replace it again. Maybe this weekend. I made a puller device out of some threaded rod... going to see how it goes. Waiting on my 28mm wrench and socket to show up so I can use the puller. The replacement 'ball joint / bushing" survived about 60k before going back out.