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How urgent is it to fix this?

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During a recent brake job I noticed this. the boot on this ball joint to steering arm is ripped. How urgent is repairing it? Is this a DIY? Alignment needed after?
 
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If you have new or great tires, I'd get it done soon to avoid fast premature wear. If tires are ready to be replaced soon, I'd wait 'till then - unless it obviously starts to fall apart. On my 500, bad ball joints ate my front tires badly and quickly, mostly on the inside. I wrongly thought it was an alignment issue. When I did mine at my local Mb shop, they said that alignment was not necessary. I had it done anyway, since I had just got new tires.
 
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