Ball socket assembly

1. A ball socket assembly, comprising:

a housing which extends along an axis between opposing first and second ends and has an open interior which opens to at least one of said ends;

a bearing disposed in said open interior of said housing and having a curved primary contact surface which surrounds said axis and surrounds a stud ball opening and said bearing defining a passage with a pair of slots which extend to said stud ball opening and wherein said passage is shaped to guide a stud ball into said stud ball opening;

said stud ball being disposed in said opening and in sliding contact with said primary contact surface of said bearing for allowing rotation of said stud ball relative to said bearing;

said stud ball having an equator and being in sliding contact with said bearing on both sides of said equator;

a stud formed as a separate piece from said stud ball and being deformed to permanently lock said stud with said stud ball; and

a shoe which closes said passage to capture said stud ball in said stud ball opening of said bearing, said shoe having a pair of supplemental contact surfaces which are curved and which extend into said slots of said passage of said bearing and wherein said supplemental contact surfaces are biased against said stud ball.

2. The ball socket assembly of claim 1 wherein said stud ball is generally spherical and with a truncated top and a truncated bottom.

3. The ball socket assembly of claim 2 wherein said passage of said bearing has a generally oval shape for guiding said stud ball into said stud ball opening.

4. The ball socket assembly as set forth in claim 1 further including a washer spring which biases said supplemental contact surfaces of said shoe against a curved outer surface of said stud ball.