Re: Ball joints, 55k and still good

From: Tony Cellana (acellan1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:13:22 EST


Just did an oil change on my 2K R/T RC at 83,000. The truck has aftermarket
lower A-arms and stock uppers (as I got it with 7K). No problems with wear
or play.

TonyC

-----Original Message-----
From: Gmblows@aol.com <Gmblows@aol.com>
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Ball joints, 55k and still good

>
>I checked mine today too, but I didn't have such luck.
>At 80,500 miles my passenger side upper is very loose,
>lowers are fine, and driver side upper is marginal.
>'99 2WD CC
>...off to check the archive for part #'s
>BTW I will be saving the old ones and my receipts just in case.
>
>> I was reading all the ball joint horror stories so I checked mine today.
>> I've got 55,600 on 2000 4x4 QC, and they are still tight. I was
actually
>> a bit surprised.
>>
>> I wonder what the criteria are for early failure, any ideas?
>>
>> /Curt
>> Chelsea, MI
>>
>



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