Ball Joint Help!!
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Ball Joint Help!!
Hello gang,
This morning I discovered something, I have failing ball joints!! Big surprise on a Ford Superduty!! lol
Any who, my 2004 SD has screeching ball joints, and to top things off... they are grease-less, another ingenious idea by the ford eng. dept. Can I drill out the bottom of the ball joint and add a grease fitting?
Am I doomed to fail, or make things worse by attempting this?
This morning I discovered something, I have failing ball joints!! Big surprise on a Ford Superduty!! lol
Any who, my 2004 SD has screeching ball joints, and to top things off... they are grease-less, another ingenious idea by the ford eng. dept. Can I drill out the bottom of the ball joint and add a grease fitting?
Am I doomed to fail, or make things worse by attempting this?
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From: Blaine, TN
You can, but not while its still installed, but if the balljoint is already gone, its pointless. You would be better off replacing them with some that already have grease fittings if the current ones are bad.
If yours have already started to fail, if it was me, I would just go ahead and replace them all with ones that already have the zerk fitting.
Hope this helps.
If yours have already started to fail, if it was me, I would just go ahead and replace them all with ones that already have the zerk fitting.
Hope this helps.
