I have to echo Josh on this. I've changed them on a friend's late-model
4x4 and they are cake. Save yourself $439 and do it yourself. Grab
yourself a weekend afternoon and a grinder for those rivets, and you'll
be all set. My older 2wd requires a ball joint press for the lowers and
a gi-normous special socket and impact wrench for the uppers. Not fun.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
>truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Garret Lewis
>Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:54 AM
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: DML: Ball joint replacement, anyone do it themselves?
>
>
>After getting new tires put on my truck yesterday and seeing the "ball
>joint" post too, I thought I would send out this post.
>
>The tire shop said that I needed new upper and lower ball joints on my
>Dakota yesterday. They quoted me a price of $888.06 installed.
$439.00 of
>that quote was labor. I was reading my Haynes manual about it and it
does
>seem like a fairly extensive job; however, I really don't want to pay
>$888.06 for my truck repair. Has anyone replace the upper and lower
ball
>joints themselves? If so, how difficult/"pain in the butt" is the job?
>Additionally, are there any "tricks of the trade" when you do it?
>
>Thanks,
>Garret
>1997, CC, V8, 4X4
>
>
>
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