Time for new ball joints.
More Turbo
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From: Toronto, Canada
$350 for upper and lower on both sides??
If I could find someone for that price I'd jump all over it.
I did them once, and the second time I paid to have my mechanic do it because I didn't have the time. Cost me $900 upper and lower both sides parts in.
If I could find someone for that price I'd jump all over it.
I did them once, and the second time I paid to have my mechanic do it because I didn't have the time. Cost me $900 upper and lower both sides parts in.
Laughing Gas
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From: Ontario, Canada
HAHA that sounds like my first quote until I said are you sure. Then they started looking into it and it went to $900. The parts alone for one side are $200. I doubt even a pro can do them in 2-3 hours to be able to turn a profit on it.
Fleet Mechanic
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He specifically said that quote was for labor only.
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Tuned
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This is not some unknown mechanic. I have used them for years. I asked if that was for one side or both when I heard the price. Parts are on me. I don't have all the parts prices except for ball joints. I need to see what I should replace while it is apart. A couple of posts earlier listed all the parts there are to replace.
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More Turbo
Joined: Apr 2012
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From: Florence
I'd definitely pay someone for that price, its a pretty labor intensive job. I did mine myself and if I could have had it done for that price i would have paid someone too.. Although I changed out everything since all my hardware was pushing 150000 miles on a truck that has 319000 miles on it.. rather than pay a mechanic for all that labor i did the job myself... truth be told it probably isnt much more labor since all that stuff comes off anyways... like brakes have to come off so why not give the guy new brake parts to put back on, shouldnt be any additional labor other than for the bleeding part.
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From: Mt. Shasta California
How did you do that?
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-joints-3.html
Check the last post on this thread. Pretty much what I did, I did use a different size zerk. But all in all the same.
Check the last post on this thread. Pretty much what I did, I did use a different size zerk. But all in all the same.
Post Fiend
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-joints-3.html
Check the last post on this thread. Pretty much what I did, I did use a different size zerk. But all in all the same.
Check the last post on this thread. Pretty much what I did, I did use a different size zerk. But all in all the same.
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From: Wildwood, Illinois
You know I thought it would be thin to... but there is almost a 1/4" of metal there.
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