Ball Joint Over-Travel Inspection

On rear suspension on this vehicle there are no jounce stops for suspension system other then shock absorbers. In the event of a shock absorber mount failure, there is nothing to stop or limit amount of jounce (upward) travel of rear suspension. In this type of failure rear suspension would jounce (move upward) until stopped by stud of upper or lower ball joint hitting against ball joint housing. If this type failure were to occur, rear lower control arm must be replaced.