I should have noted that most of the time it is the Wheel Offset for the
larger wheels tires that strains the ball joints, keep the offset simple and
as far inside as possible.
----- Original Message -----
From: steve preston <steve239dak@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: balljoints
> Aha!! I thought that the big wheels had to put more of
> a load on ball joints. My 99 4x4 had the big
> wheels,and a ball joint failure at about 8,000 miles
> (it began to clunk) That truck was never off-road,and
> it was too dang slow to abuse! Steve P.
> --- Kevin Reimer <kwreimer@msn.com> wrote:
> > Seems to be a topic that comes up alot, I think it
> > is the way the vehicles
> > are driven, like the 2 wd trucks, hard cornering,
> > sloloms, etc, and the 4x4
> > off road abuse.. But that is just my opinion, Keep
> > in mind also, larger
> > tires and wheels are known to cause suspension
> > problems, in all makes of
> > vehicles. I may be singing to a different tune, I
> > have two Daks a 4x4 and a
> > 4x2, so I will find out someday.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Eric <ontheluce@alltel.net>
> > To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:27 PM
> > Subject: DML: balljoints
> >
> >
> > > Hey Gang;
> > > Being still a fairly "new" owner of a '99
> > Dakota 2wd, I've been reading
> > > alot about the inherent weakness of Dodge's
> > balljoints. Is this due to
> > > design problems, or maybe inferior quality
> > components?? Also, as far as
> > > replacements go, is there any particular brand you
> > would recommend (or
> > even
> > > recommend avoiding) that gives good service life?
> > Has this always been a
> > > characteristic problem for the Dakota's? Thanks
> > for your advice.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> =====
> 2001 Dodge Dakota 4X4 Sport RC,Flame Red/4.7L V8/45RFE auto/3.92
limited-slip/16" aluminum wheels/Infinity CD-cassette system.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions!
> http://auctions.yahoo.com
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:03:57 EDT