You have 2000 and you had to replace the ball joints
already?! How many miles did you have on it?
I've got over 50k on mine already. Is this something I
need to have the dealership replace before the
warranty is up at 70k?
--- Josh Battles <jbattles@bankfinancial.com> wrote:
>
> <Aajaynefour@cs.com> wrote in message
> news:b6.2631765f.2d0f6289@cs.com...
> >
> > Fellow DML'ers,
> >
> > First, Moog has finally released the lower ball
> joints (K7395) for '00 and
> > newer 4x4 Dakotas. I have a set. Just had a
> chance to compare them to
> the
> > equivalent Moog part (K7267) for '99 and older
> Dakotas. They are
> substantially
> > different! Based on this observation alone I
> would not use ball joints
> from '99
> > and older vehicles as a replacement on '00 and up
> vehicles. Moog advised
> > against this also.
> >
> > Moog has once again pushed back the release of the
> Upper joints, this time
> > until after the first of the year. We'll see. I
> do, however, have a set
> of the
> > factory replacement upper ball joints for '00 and
> up Dakotas (5104816AB)
> and
> > was able to compare them to the Moog part (K7242)
> for '99 and older
> Dakotas.
> > The factory parts, made by SKS Industries, are
> more substantial. The
> three
> > bolt flange is thicker as are the three attaching
> bolts (10mm vs. 5/16" or
> > ~8mm). Sadly they are not greasable, but the
> manner in which the boot
> attaches
> > seems more likely to keep the crud out and the
> grease in than on the Moog
> part.
> > This comparison of parts 5104816AB and K7242 is
> not completely fair. The
> > factory part is for '00 and newer and the Moog
> part is for '99 and older.
> >
> > Just thought I would pass this along in case any
> of you are considering
> using
> > earlier parts on '00 and up vehicles.
> >
> > Andrew
>
> I've used the NAPA balljoints for my 2000 2wd truck
> (which are made by DANA)
> without problems. I would have liked to use the
> MOOG units because I'd used
> them before and knew that they were quality, however
> I really wasn't
> inclined to wait for something that had been
> postponed indefinately. The
> DANA units looked exactly like the stock ones that I
> was replacing, except
> that the boot design looked to be much nicer. It's
> been a trooper so far,
> so I can only hope....
>
> I used these over the dodge ones because I had only
> been able to find the
> joint as a unit with the control arm. How did you
> manage to get the part
> number for just the joint? I was told by dodge that
> there was no part
> number for anything but the whole arm.
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> www.geocities.com/lenny187/dakota.html
>
>
>
=====
Phil
2000 4x4 CC 4.7L
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