Ball joint question....
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Ball joint question....
I am replacing all 4 of my ball joints tomorrow and I was wondering which ones to go with. The Moog ones are about twice as much as the masterpro (store brand, but I think its made by federal). Is there any advantage to spending twice as much?
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Will they probably both have them? If the expensive ones do, but the cheap ones dont, whats the disadvantage to not having them?
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Hub bearings, but from what ive found you have to get the entire assembly
Oreillys has two different ones listed, a masterpro and a "National"
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I Cant afford to order anything... Its my work truck and I have to get the repairs done tomorrow. Oreillys sells the MOOG joints, so I will go ahead and get them. As far as the hubs, if i get them from oreillys will they come with all the seals, or will I need to go to ford and get that yellow one?
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We do have advance, but they are higher than oreillys, not to mention I have and account with Oreillys. I need new hubs because one of them is bad and I decided to do both at one time. My driver side hub is bad and my pass ball joints are bad, so im just going to do it all.
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Got one side done and the MOOG joints are going back and Im getting the cheap ones before I do the other. The upper joint's grease fitting hits the U- joint. what a piece of crap