I have a 92 4x4 f150. 3" superlift and 33" tires. I had the lift and new ball joints all installed 4 years ago. I had new Non-Greasble ball joints installed. Now, it appears I need ball joints again. The shop i took it to wants to install Moog greasable ball joints, new camber adjustment bushings and an alignment for $844, this seems high but its tough job and its tough to get a good alignment on the old beast mostly because of the camber angle after the lift. I took it to another shop, they also indicated it would be around $850.

Any thoughts ? Is this too much money ?

T

 

I think its a bit steep. New ball joints run 15-30 range, Camber castor bushings 100 at most.
Firestone will do lifetime alignments for 140.00. I take mine in after every wheeling trip. WIth the TTB you can't go wrong with a 140.00 lifetime alignment.

 

400 for new ball joints on my 91.

alignment, good tires, and good ball joints are all important.

non greezeable balljoints dosn't sound good to me.
grease will allow them to work better, and last longer.

 

I also have a 92 F150 4X4 and in fact it's going in the alignment shop today to get a NEW frond end put in it (ALL steering parts, ball joints, and polyurethane bushings wherever possible ). I bought ALL of my parts myself before I had any work done...why let them mark up the parts, right? xtremford, buy the parts you need yourself and save some $$$- if that alignment shop doesn't like it, there are plenty of others that'll gladly accept your business.

P.S.- DO NOT get non-greasable ball joints....there's a reason why the aftermarket (Moog, Dana-Spicer, etc.) came out with greasable ball joints, ya know?

 

The ball joints in my truck cost me a little over 700, and I havn't gotten an alignment yet. The joints were 50 bucks each...I think it was too much money for the job but what can ya do. It makes me mad cuz I can tear down the front end in probably 2 hours but I don't have a ball joint press lol.

 

mine was alignment and ball joints. =)

 

You can get a ball joint press from harbor freight for 50 plus some change shipped. I ordered one to do the ball joints on my truck and wifes van. It pays for itself the first time you use it.

 

remember, front end alighnments are worthless with bad or really worn ball joints.

 

Well gang. I had the shop do the ball joints. $840 bucks, per the estimate. They did what they said with a couple of exceptions. Instead of putting in Moog ball joints, they installed Spicers with grease zerks. The first time I was there they said Moog was the best. This time they say spicer is better for 4x4. Hows a guy suposed to know? either 840 bucks.
They said the alignment is the best it can get with the limitation of the accentrics (camber bushings as I call them) of only 2 degrees. I thought they 2.25 accentrics last time I had my truck done. It drives straight but I'm not sure the camber is correct. How can guy tell what the camber should be ? I have the specs from the alignment rack.

Next, I'm driving down the road and I hear a jingle in the right hub. I think its my lug nuts but nope, it looks like on the right side where my front right u bolt connects to the spindle then goes into the hub, its totally loose and rattling. Its like they didn't tighten the bearing nut correctly inside the auto locking hub. Are my bearings shot now ? I had to drive about 10 miles total to get home. Not sure wht the heck ! I take it to them this morning to find out what they did or didn't do. For some reason I'm feeling that the assumption that because I got a good referral from local 4x4 specialist and a high cost for the work, this doesn't mean that these guys are any good.

Bad experience so far, I'll keep you posted..

T

 

It turned out that the jingle a mixture of things. The first was that apparently there were some auot locking hub parts left out leaving my spindle hanging loose and rattleing. Next, somewhere along the process the anti rattle clips were left out or fell out. The shop fixed the locking hubs and I did a complete brake job. New calipers, shoes and clips and the job is done. Rides nice now and no jingles..

T