Ball joint not installed properly?

[CRuth]

About a month ago I had new upper ball joints installed. Same shop as the one that sold me tires. Today I'm installing new shocks and notice the drive side ball joint isn't seated all the way down. At least a 1/16" inch gap.



Before I go off half cocked and yell at the manager, is there any way it could possibly supposed to be this way? Any way it could have been seated then moved?



What kind of handling or other suspension problems might this cause?

 

[04blackcherry]

The upper is not a ball, but a stud that slides up and down. I still believe that it may have been a little sloppy to not press it in flush. Hopefully it didn't work its way up. I think all the weight of the truck hangs on the bottom joint. There isn't any vertical pressure on the pin the knuckle uses it as a pivot.

That top one is the toughest to install. I just did mine, and it is really hard to press the top one in straight. Is it in there at an angle and you only see the side with the gap? I don't like this setup where the ball joints press into the diff ends. The older style pressed into the knuckles and you could take them to your press to replace.