I've seen them fall apart, maybe as part of an incomplete accident
repair, but they hold the wheel on just the same as the Libby's ball
joint:
http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosins...tos-319372.htm
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
>
> I can't ever remember seeing a strut fall apart to the point that the
> suspension suffered a catastrophic failure of the type you are talking
> about. The strut has significant structural components to hold it together
> even if it fails to the point that the tires bounce and wear out unevenly.