Could use more details but, you may need a ball joint press to press it back in.
Most ball joints are assembled in the factory as replacement parts. If the ball has separated from the socket, then it has broken beyond repair, get a new assembly. The new one should come complete and is simply assembled, back onto the car, using the tapered peg and lock nut.
Hinge joint only moves back and forth and ball and socket can perform circumduction,all directions
A ball and socket joint is a joint that can swivel in many directions. This is in comparison to a joint that can only go back and forth. The ball and socket joit allows your wrist to be able to bend in all different directions.
To replace a lower ball joint on a 2002 Sable, you will need to jack up the vehicle, remove the wheel, loosen the ball joint nut, separate the ball joint from the control arm, and then press out the old ball joint with a ball joint press. Install the new ball joint by pressing it in and then reassemble everything back together. Make sure to tighten all nuts and bolts to the manufacturer's specifications.
then you can't put it back on.
No you do not need a press. I recently did upper and lower ball joints on my 95 T Bird and it is all bolt on parts. you cant buy just the ball joint, you have to get the whole control arm with the sealed ball joints already in it.
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint.
The ball joint in a vehicle is used to pivot between the wheel and the suspension. There are usually and upper ball joint and a lower ball joint.
it has to be pressed out and back in
The shoulder joint is a ball-and-socket synovial joint. It is formed by the head of the humerus and the glenoid cavity of the scapula, allowing for a wide range of motion in multiple directions.
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A ball joint looks like a ball or even a flat encolsed circle with a stem coming off it. the stem moves back and forth to the direction the control arms move and the rest of the suspention
Ball joint hub? Mabe we're not speaking the same language.