Travis-
Where are you located??? I can do this for 150.00 labor at our shop. Its in
Joliet, Il
"Gensch, Travis" wrote:
> >> I was just quoted today that the lower ball joints are excessively worn
> >and
> >> need to be replaced. I was quoted $600 to do this. How hard is it to
> >> replace these myself and about how much would the parts cost? I have a
> 95
> >> 4x4.
> >>
> >> Love the truck, but HATE all the problems.
> >
> >I checked out pricing on these parts, for good quality Moog ball joints
> >- -Lower Ball Joints(2): $100
> >- -Upper Ball Joints(2): $80
> >I was told that labor would be right at $275 for the installation of these
> >parts. Sounds like $600 is an extremely high price. So, I would say shop
> >around and find some place with better prices for installation. My 93
> >Dakota's ball joints are still fine now at 143,000 miles........what other
> >problems do you have with your truck?
> >Kyle
> >93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
> Thanks Kyle. I am assuming that you are not doing the labor yourself?
> Since you are way better at mechanical work that I am, I guess I'll start
> looking around at shops. I was hoping that the replacement would be easy
> and I could do it myself. Guess not.
>
> The problems with the truck include a shredded tranny, new front hub
> assembly and manifold seal. The plus side is that I had to deal with bad
> service for these changes. I was hoping that the front end problems would
> be covered under the extended warranty and then come to find that the cost
> would be $600 instead of a $100 deductible. I was not very happy. The truck
> went in because the tires were wearing funny and I thought it had front end
> problems (seems kind of loose and pulling). The Tech had looked at it and
> could not find much wrong, other than a little too much play in the ball
> joints. Would this cause the tire wear problem? I am not sure if it
> actually is a ball joint or some other problem (like alignment). Is there a
> way that I can check to see if it is the ball joints, some other problem or
> poor alignment? They told me there is not much to adjust on a 4x4 truck in
> the front and that this kind of tire wear happens normally. They recommend
> a tire rotation every 6000 miles to help with bad tire wear. The tires were
> not wearing much when the tranny was fixed (and I mentioned the pulling,
> floating front end feeling was starting to occur). It's at most 6000 later
> and there is noticeable wear. The wear problem seems to be getting worse.
> Not sure what I should do next.
>
> I have not had nearly as many problems as others on the list, but it gets
> aggravating (especially with bad service and getting the run around). I was
> thinking the other day that the FAQ should list the problems associated with
> each model year of each Dak. That way, when someone shops around for a new
> truck they can look to see what they should check for or what problems they
> could encounter. I don't mean if one person has a problem, that it should
> be one the list. It would contain recurring problems, like the dreaded
> pinging motor. I know when shopping around, I would definitely print this
> list out and take it along. It may be something already on the FAQ, but I
> thought I would mention it just in case it was not there.
>
> Travis
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