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Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Hampstead, NC
Good evening Dave and Steve. How was your Saturday?
I moved the camper to it's final resting place(for the winter) and helped my brother do ball joints in his Stratus. Damn POS Dodge, you have to buy the whole lower control arm to replace the ball joints!!
I moved the camper to it's final resting place(for the winter) and helped my brother do ball joints in his Stratus. Damn POS Dodge, you have to buy the whole lower control arm to replace the ball joints!!
Hotshot
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Hampstead, NC
Well at least it's ready Steve!
Hey Mike, it was a good day. I love doing the whole arm for something so simple...
I still need to get the camper up to my Dad's. The k-bid is not out of control yet, but it may soon be.
Hey Mike, it was a good day. I love doing the whole arm for something so simple...
I still need to get the camper up to my Dad's. The k-bid is not out of control yet, but it may soon be.
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Hampstead, NC
Good to see you got the boat mostly ready Steve, I still have to do that too. Good thing I hadn't parked it where I want to for the winter yet. We had a big tree come down in the wind last week and it would have crushed the pontoon prety good. Tree missed the shop by inches, time to take ALL of the trees down around there now.
Hotshot
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Hampstead, NC
That's the downside to trees. I got a one here you can take down too Mike. How big is your chainsaw? LOL
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Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Hampstead, NC
Yeah Dave, it was a challenge. Spent about 45 minutes messing with the first one, the second one took less than 5 minutes to install and bolt in!! Seems stupid to replace the whole arm for a ball joint. Sad thing is, the new ball joint is also not greasable. It makes NO SENSE to not put a zerk in there.
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Hampstead, NC
Funny, I just got "approval" to get a new chain saw today!! Little does "the boss" know what a good saw costs.
Hotshot
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: Hampstead, NC
I know, it drives me nuts.
So we put some new axle shaft u-joints in Dales Ex last week. They were sooo stuck you couldn't move them at all. His truck was pulling itself into other lanes. We also found a bad hub. After the repair, his squeaks, clunks, and brake shakes are also gone. He figures they've been bad for two years. I've seen bad u-joint like that before, but never so solidly stuck...
So we put some new axle shaft u-joints in Dales Ex last week. They were sooo stuck you couldn't move them at all. His truck was pulling itself into other lanes. We also found a bad hub. After the repair, his squeaks, clunks, and brake shakes are also gone. He figures they've been bad for two years. I've seen bad u-joint like that before, but never so solidly stuck...
Lead Driver
Joined: Mar 2000
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From: Hampstead, NC
Wow, that is stuck Dave. Good thing he replaced them, that could have been bad. Did he never use 4wd? Seems strange that the joints would be that stuck for that long.
My FIl had his 2009 Dodge in the shop for a bad axle u joint a couple weeks ago, I could feel it in the steering wheel while driving. Also made a horrible squeeking noise while turning.
My FIl had his 2009 Dodge in the shop for a bad axle u joint a couple weeks ago, I could feel it in the steering wheel while driving. Also made a horrible squeeking noise while turning.