Ball joints?
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I did Moog on my '04. By myself.
I am a shade-tree mechanic. Never professional but I do know how to watch youtube.
Doing ball joints is not impossible, in fact, it's not even really difficult. BUT, it was a lot of work. I was dirty, tired, and sore. hah.
I did them at about 130k, they had been clunking for a little while. They were still good at 180k when I sold the truck.
In the future I will carefully evaluate my free time and spare cash pile and hopefully I will be able to pay someone else to do it for me. But at least I know that I CAN do it if I need to.
-J
I am a shade-tree mechanic. Never professional but I do know how to watch youtube.
Doing ball joints is not impossible, in fact, it's not even really difficult. BUT, it was a lot of work. I was dirty, tired, and sore. hah.
I did them at about 130k, they had been clunking for a little while. They were still good at 180k when I sold the truck.
In the future I will carefully evaluate my free time and spare cash pile and hopefully I will be able to pay someone else to do it for me. But at least I know that I CAN do it if I need to.
-J
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Ya I was thinking motorcraft was my beat option. Does anyone know how to order them besides goingredients to Ford? I've never heard of moog. Same goes for them. Any info on how to get them?
Thank you all for the replies.
Thank you all for the replies.
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From: Cave Springs, AR
About a year ago I started shopping Rock Auto and about 80% of the time they are cheaper than any place locally. But make sure you check, because there's been a few things that were cheaper at O'Reilly's.
-J
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If you are running some big tires you can go with dynatrac ball joints.... Not for everybody but great for lifted trucks.
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Ouch. A little expensive for me. Thanks for the suggestion tho
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If you plan to keep it for several years, I'd recommend against MOOG. Their quality in the past 5-8 years has dropped. I put a set in my Wrangler that lasted 1 year. XRF is where it's at for quality.
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I agree with this. I've done many many ball joints over the years now. All my own or on friends, but I've been through these front ends more times than I can remember. Imo moog is really dropping the ball in recent years. I'd look to xrf or spicer myself.