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Clare Snyder Clare Snyder is offline
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Default 4130(chrome moly) & 4140

On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

So if I was to buy a set of ball joints that are 4130 vers 4340, which one would be better for ball joints in a SxS (side by side)

The 4340 would be less likely to fail, assuming the machining was
done properly (it is harder to machine)