AWESOME!
"steve preston" <steve239dak@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:20021114044337.59287.qmail@web40903.mail.yahoo.com...
>
> All this banter about ball joints! What are you guys
> worried about?! DC has known about the situation for
> at least six years! I am confident that DC is
> currently studying the problem,and is reviewing
> customer feedback with the utmost diligence and
> concern! Here is all I could find online about it,I
> think it is a corporate memo regarding ball joints:
>
> 10/14/01
>
> The company is now embarking on a bold new
> "two-pronged" approach towards dealing with high
> ball-joint failure. First,all service department
> literature pertaining to these components shall be
> updated from 1/4" allowable measured play in the joint
> to a radical new 3/4" allowable measured
> play,effective immediately. This will allay all
> customer concerns,and most importantly,reduce cost!
> The next step is the complete redesign of the ball
> joints for upcoming models,with the earliest target
> date projected to be around the fall of 2010. Although
> some ideas for this redesign are still pending,one of
> the more promising concepts involves the use of a
> lubed-for-life copper/glass composite bushing,with a
> high-strength flexible plastic dowel pin,to provide
> the torsional dynamic,and to a much lesser
> degree,structural integrity and durability. One of the
> more daunting challenges with this particular design
> will be the actual retention of the wheel assembly on
> the vehicle,even in a standstill condition.
> Nevertheless,the main goal is to greatly reduce cost
> from our vendors,while at the same time,ensure that
> the quality and dependability of all of our suspension
> components meet some of the less stringent legal
> requirements.
>
>
> There you have it,fellas. :) I`m hopeful,too.
> Steve P.
>
>
> =====
> 2001 Dodge Dakota 4X4 Sport RC,Flame Red/4.7L V8/45RFE auto/3.92
limited-slip/16" aluminum wheels/Infinity CD-cassette system.
>
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