Abstract: A metallic ball pin of a ball-and-socket joint, preferably one with high load-bearing capacity, for motor vehicles with a surface ball part 22 containing grooves 60, 62 for receiving lubricant designed at one end of a pin member 10, 30, 40. To improve its functional properties and to reduce its manufacturing costs, a surface ball part 22 with a joint ball surface 25 is molded to a joint ball core portion 16 using an injection molding process.

Abstract: A radial ball-and-socket joint is provided with a housing. A bearing shell (2) in the housing rotatably and tiltably accommodates a joint ball (4). The joint ball is part of a ball pivot (3). The ball pivot also has a shaft (5), which projects through a outlet opening (6) of the housing (1). The housing is closed with a cover (7) on the side opposite the outlet opening (6). The bearing shell (2), accommodated in the housing in a positioned manner, has an axially extending continuous slot (8). The cover (7), arranged between the cover and the bearing shell, has a geometry (9) impressed into a damping element (11) on its inner side facing the bearing shell. As a result of the construction the damping element (11) and the bearing shell are fixed in the housing (1).