1999 Mercury Sable Tie Rods and ball joints.

Tiny
BECKYE71
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  • 1999 MERCURY SABLE
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 174,000 MILES
I had a mechanic fix my car and replaced the brake pads, rotors, inner and outer tie rods. Bought new tires two weeks later. Two months later had to replace the same tires I had just bought because there was not tread left and the belt was wearing through. When 2nd set of new tires was being put on they showed me that the jam nut for the passenger side inner tie rod was not secured. They also told me the ball joints were ruined. Could the mess up with the tie rods have contributed to the busted ball joints? They were fine when they told me all the work that needed done two months before and supposedly fixed the tie rods and brakes. What do I need to have checked to make sure the car is safe? In other words what problems could this have caused to the suspension?
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 AT 12:24 AM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

There will be no real connection between the tie rod ends and the ball joints, I would be thinking that the ball joints were not checked correctly in the first place and that they could of been well worn when the last job was done, there world not wear that quickly between then and now.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010 AT 2:00 AM

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