Fix the ball joints and get an alignment. The truck is working to hard to
push wheels that are not going straight. Also get a set of tires while you
are at it.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
JameyWelch@freightliner.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:20 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Front Control Arms
I have been experiencing very poor MPG recently and I get about 270-280
miles out of a 22 gallon tank which averages out to a little over 12 miles
per gallon. I have 4 worn out ball joints, tires that are worn from driving
on these worn out seals, and a truck that cannot be aligned due to the ball
joints being worn out. I have a K&N filtercharger and Flowmaster exhaust
and I cannot understand this poor mileage. I found out that I had a mil
light come on due to a blown fuse in my purge solenoid, I fixed that and
nothing has improved. It has only been about 10,000 miles since I changed
the spark plugs and I run Mobil 1 synthetic oil with Lucas Oil additive.
What should I do and what can I do to improve this poor fuel economy. Also,
I was told by the stealership that I had a air intake gasket blown, a
leaking water pump, and a seized idler pulley. The water pump doesn't look
to be leaking and the temperature is staying around 195, the engine doesn't
use a lot of oil so I don't know about the air intake gasket, and I am not
hearing a squealing noise so I don't think the pulley is seized. Please
help me with all of these questions guys. Thanks for your time!
Jamey
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:34 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Front Control Arms
yeah get the Moog's, I wish I had last year when I had mine done, now these
damn cheap NAPA ones are squeaking already!
On Tuesday November 8 2005 3:36 am, Bill Pitz wrote:
> JameyWelch@freightliner.com wrote:
> > Is there anyway that I can just buy the ball joints and not have to
> > buy the entire kit? I really don't have 600+ dollars to blow on
> > these things and I found out that it is not covered under the recall
> > since it is a '99 CC 2WD 5.2L. Please let me know what you think.
> > Advance sells the balls joints alone, by themselves. Thanks for your
time guys!!
>
> I think even the dealers are selling just the ball joints now. They
> certainly aren't replacing the entire control arm on the recalled
> vehicles...
>
> In any case, you can get Moog replacement ball joints from
> RockAuto.com (I'm sure someone on the list will be kind enough to post
> the current RockAuto discount code...) At the moment they're showing
> Moog #K7241 for the lower @ $44.79 each and #K7242 for the upper @ 47.79
each.
>
> The Moog ball joints are greasable, unlike the OEMs, which is also a plus.
>
>
> -Bill
--Bill Day
"A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and ever wanted.." http://counter.li.org #384146 284016
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