Is this safe?
 

So first off, if you haven't seen my other posts, well I have a ghettofied yerf dog spider box. Anyways I have ATV style tires all around the yerf. I noticed this morning I have blown out ball joints and the spindle on the passenger side is very close to the tire, I mean like millimeters. I believe it is an offset spindle too. My question to you guys? #1 do I buy the OEM hard black rubber ball joints or get the lifetime warranty/heavy duty style? (Think I saw them on **********.com) #2 do I need a 1" spacer, new even spindle arm or what? For that passenger side? Can I some how play with the steering rack/pinion to get a bigger gap? I will attach a couple photos below. Thanks everyone

Ball joint. Good or bad?

Another photo of spindle and closeness to tire

Spindle closeness

An inch is as good as a mile, as long as the tire doesn't flex and rub while cornering.

Difficult to tell if a ball joint is bad from a photo, I usually push in on the top of the tire to see if there's play.

the front ends of the yerf's are 100 percent unsafe for trail riding. If you search one of my threads of my built up yerf I spent a ton of money on the front end of it and suspension. Im not the only one look up xlint also he has a yerf and ckau well his another whole story lol. The yerf to me takes a lot of work suspension wise and front end wise just to make trail worthy vs the other style buggies such as hammerhead or trailmaster its a night and day difference.

" OEM hard rubber ??? " You lost me there , regardless you need the BD heavy duty ball joints . Looks like you have the originals which were junk and dangerous when brand new . Matter of fact their was a recall on those back in the day and I believe played a big part in Yerf Dog's demise . :swordfight:

yes people where getting seriously hurt because of this buggy that's why yerf dog is no longer is business. I did all the bdx stuff up front and man it was night and day, but like I said it gets expensive pretty quick.