----- To check the ball joints you have to jack the offending wheel off the
ground and take a large screwdriver or crowbar and point it towards the
drain plug
resting on top of the lower control arm and wedge the other half under the
the tie rod mount area on the spindle. Carefully apply upward pressure on
the spindle( like you are trying to lift the truck up by the wheel) and look
at the lower zert fitting. If it is moving at all up inside the lower arm,
r2 the ball joint. If the boot is torn with contaminated grease around it,
r2 it. Control arm bushing with any pieces missing, r2 it. Check your tie
rods by squeezing the tie rod and the mount together,
if it clicks, r2 it. Get yourself a compressor and a air hammer, a 5lb short
sledge hammer and some vise clamps for the tie rod assy. Replace the control
arm bushings with one's that have the same degree markings on them, if there
are no degree markings, then they are stock. It'll take you a Saturday, but
will save alot in labor and when you are done take it to anyplace with
Hunter equipment for a 4 wheel alignment. ZERO toe, and camber the wheels
out 1 degree so when you launch, the wheels will come down straight. Don't
forget the band-aids......
Kuk
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