Nige
Senior Member
I was sent these photos. They are from a JLG telehandler steering linkage. The story is that the mechanics assigned to replace the ball joint between the steering cylinder and the track bar couldn't break it loose from the bar. It was put in a vice and heated in an attempt to loosen the threads but with no success. Just as they walked away from it to think about a Plan B to try to break the thread loose the joint exploded as you see in the photo. Fortunately nobody was hurt. There must have been some major force inside that ball joint to peel it open like that.