Aluminums caravan front knuckles?

[Sgt Craig]

This is mostly for the salt belt people. Wait until you have to remove that snap ring after a few years of rust have seized it to the bearing.....EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW!
Is the ball joint that much different on these than the cast iron? Can the aluminum ball joint be swapped in the earlier arms? Can the LCA from the aluminum spindle van be used in the old setup?

Ever try to get a wheel bearing out of a saturn vue in the rust belt?

[Sgt Craig]

2nd that! Even in the Cincinnati region the aluminum hats rot out on Sebring Sedans! I know this first hand and it makes a MESS of aluminum powder all over your garage and garage floor when you replace them.
That was dumb, really dumb....for real.

Those things should have been recalled.I had one at work that the strut actually broke and punctured the tire.Thankfully the customer didnt wreck.