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Jul 3, 2011 | 05:24 PM

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steelhead2

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I did my upper,lower ball joints awhile back and went with moog.what were you going to spend 650 on?.

Jul 3, 2011 | 08:15 PM

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BLADE35

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I did my upper,lower ball joints awhile back and went with moog.what were you going to spend 650 on?.

hey steel I got one bearing off and the other one is stuck pretty good I got PB blaster on it praying it will come off

I guess I might have to get a puller unless you guys have any tricks up your sleave to get a bearing off

I cant beleive it the passengher side bearing about fell off and the driver side wants blood

Did you grease the wheel bearings at all do they even come apart to grease

Jul 4, 2011 | 04:17 AM

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Maxium4x4

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The drag link off the steering arm is what I had to replace.

Jul 4, 2011 | 12:55 PM

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The drag link off the steering arm is what I had to replace.

thanks for your reply thats the same one that I need to

Now I just need a puller to get the driv er side bearing off Its stuck pretty good but Im almost threre

Jul 4, 2011 | 04:08 PM

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I changed my ball joints out a while back with Moogs. My old ones are completely shot, but my steering didn't improve a whole lot afterward. I'm thinking about getting a redhead steering box. I called them the other day and asked them about it and they say that's been one of their best sellers. Apparently the steering boxes on these trucks suck too.

Jul 4, 2011 | 07:24 PM

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that seams to be the brand everyone switches to

how much they going for

I gave up on it today need to get a 8in puller and bigger balljoint separater

Id be done with it or close if I had the right tools

where does everyone get there front end tools at I was thinking harbor freight they had some pullers that wernt to bad$$$ wise compared to sears

hope to find a big puller Id even get one to pull the brake rotors off even though I got them off already

Its just amazing how much better stuff goes with the right stuff
so if anyone has a line on any front end tools I would love to check it out

its always something should have known everything would be seized up Im going to try alight coat of antiseize on things

Jul 4, 2011 | 08:19 PM

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AndeyHall

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The friend that helped me had the ball joint press, and he was a machinist with a CNC plasma cutter at his house, so we made the pullers. If you've never done it before, you'll learn on the first side and the second side will be breeze. The first side of mine took us 7 hours and the opposite side took barely over an hour,

Jul 4, 2011 | 08:23 PM

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Oh and the steering box runs $550, and that's including the $200 refundable core charge. So $350 all said and done. Or at least I think that's what they quoted me. It's been a while since I called.