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Front end questions
This is for a 2001 F150 Supercab 4.2 V6 5spd RWD
So while going to home depot yesterday, I head a knocking noise when turning right into the parking lot while going up an incline. My 01 Silverado made this same noise and ended up being the tie rod ends so I am going to go ahead and replace these soon. I plan on doing both sides inner and outer tie rods along with the lower ball joints and upper control arm. Either MOOG or OEM unless there's another good brand for the money or had made improvements. Some of the boots that protect the greased parts are cracked including the ball joints which is why I want to replace them. So since the whether is cooling down to a nice 70 something degrees this month, here goes:
On Rockauto i had seen some lower ball joints that are oversized, any reason for this or stick to original size? Alternatively, lower control arms with bushings are only about $40-50 more than the ball joints and I am thinking this is a good time to replace the bushings since I am in there. I am also thinking it might be easier to replace the entire lower control arm than just the bushings and ball joints, am I wrong for thinking that? Any other parts to consider replacing while I am here? Currently, my repair manual is packed in a box somewhere as I am in the process of moving but will be thumbing through it pretty quickly as soon as I get it unpacked.
So while going to home depot yesterday, I head a knocking noise when turning right into the parking lot while going up an incline. My 01 Silverado made this same noise and ended up being the tie rod ends so I am going to go ahead and replace these soon. I plan on doing both sides inner and outer tie rods along with the lower ball joints and upper control arm. Either MOOG or OEM unless there's another good brand for the money or had made improvements. Some of the boots that protect the greased parts are cracked including the ball joints which is why I want to replace them. So since the whether is cooling down to a nice 70 something degrees this month, here goes:
On Rockauto i had seen some lower ball joints that are oversized, any reason for this or stick to original size? Alternatively, lower control arms with bushings are only about $40-50 more than the ball joints and I am thinking this is a good time to replace the bushings since I am in there. I am also thinking it might be easier to replace the entire lower control arm than just the bushings and ball joints, am I wrong for thinking that? Any other parts to consider replacing while I am here? Currently, my repair manual is packed in a box somewhere as I am in the process of moving but will be thumbing through it pretty quickly as soon as I get it unpacked.
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I had a 2002 and 2003 F150 ... both had 200K miles on them.. Replaced the lower ball joints 1-2 times, but never needed to replace the entire control arm or bushings... More money and time involved.. I would look to see if you REALLY need to do that. The upper arms / ball joints are replaced as a unit. ... I did use MOOG in all instances.
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This is for a 2001 F150 Supercab 4.2 V6 5spd RWD
So while going to home depot yesterday, I head a knocking noise when turning right into the parking lot while going up an incline. My 01 Silverado made this same noise and ended up being the tie rod ends so I am going to go ahead and replace these soon. I plan on doing both sides inner and outer tie rods along with the lower ball joints and upper control arm. Either MOOG or OEM unless there's another good brand for the money or had made improvements. Some of the boots that protect the greased parts are cracked including the ball joints which is why I want to replace them. So since the whether is cooling down to a nice 70 something degrees this month, here goes:
On Rockauto i had seen some lower ball joints that are oversized, any reason for this or stick to original size? Alternatively, lower control arms with bushings are only about $40-50 more than the ball joints and I am thinking this is a good time to replace the bushings since I am in there. I am also thinking it might be easier to replace the entire lower control arm than just the bushings and ball joints, am I wrong for thinking that? Any other parts to consider replacing while I am here? Currently, my repair manual is packed in a box somewhere as I am in the process of moving but will be thumbing through it pretty quickly as soon as I get it unpacked.
So while going to home depot yesterday, I head a knocking noise when turning right into the parking lot while going up an incline. My 01 Silverado made this same noise and ended up being the tie rod ends so I am going to go ahead and replace these soon. I plan on doing both sides inner and outer tie rods along with the lower ball joints and upper control arm. Either MOOG or OEM unless there's another good brand for the money or had made improvements. Some of the boots that protect the greased parts are cracked including the ball joints which is why I want to replace them. So since the whether is cooling down to a nice 70 something degrees this month, here goes:
On Rockauto i had seen some lower ball joints that are oversized, any reason for this or stick to original size? Alternatively, lower control arms with bushings are only about $40-50 more than the ball joints and I am thinking this is a good time to replace the bushings since I am in there. I am also thinking it might be easier to replace the entire lower control arm than just the bushings and ball joints, am I wrong for thinking that? Any other parts to consider replacing while I am here? Currently, my repair manual is packed in a box somewhere as I am in the process of moving but will be thumbing through it pretty quickly as soon as I get it unpacked.
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I had a 2002 and 2003 F150 ... both had 200K miles on them.. Replaced the lower ball joints 1-2 times, but never needed to replace the entire control arm or bushings... More money and time involved.. I would look to see if you REALLY need to do that. The upper arms / ball joints are replaced as a unit. ... I did use MOOG in all instances.
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Replaced my lower ball joints with Moog from RockAuto, you should need oversized unless they been changed multable times. The only other front end part that I replaced was my idler arm a few years back and it eliminated the noise in my front end simular to yours. Everything else was tight so I left it alone.
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