Yes,
they can be because your ball joint is the key to your steering and suspension if the ball joint goes that can be very bad
Worn, yes. Broken, no.
Rear wheel drive have upper ball joints, front wheel drive do not. The strut takes the place of the ball joint.
replace lower ball joint on ford ranger 2001
The joint in your shoulder is a Ball & Socket Joint.
If you mean a broken ball joint, you may need a cold chisel and hammer or air grinder to remove the steel rivets and a tool called a "pickle fork" to drive between the ball joint and the spindle to separate the ball joint from the spindle taper after removing the cotter pin and nut.
The hip joint is a ball and socket joint.
The ball joint holds the spindle on most assemblies and if it breaks then there will be a loss of control. Most go bad and you can feel the play from up to down on the wheel. But extreme circumstances would be it separating and that is never a good thing. Replace as necessary.
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 is a two pronged fork used to get pickles out of a jar. In vehicle maintenance it is the nickname for a ball joint separator, also a two pronged tool that gets larger as it goes back from the tip of the forks. You put it on the ball joint and drive it in with a hammer to separate the ball joint from the arm.
There all kinds of tools for Ball Joints; OTC Remover, Ball Joint OTC Ball Joint Separator KD Tools Ball Joint Separator OTC Ball Joint Service Set KD Tools Universal Ball Joint Separator OTC Wrench, Ball Joint Spanner KD Tools Ball Joint/U-Joint/Brake Anchor Pin Press OTC Master Ball Joint Adapter Set KD Tools Ball Joint/U-Joint/Brake Anchor Pin Press Set KD Tools Ford Ball Joint Cam Tool Sears.com
The acetabulofemoral joint is a ball-and-socket joint.