I like the sound of the lifetime alignment, do you have to buy their tires to get that?

I have seen DuraLast balljoints without zerks and in my opinion that is cheap where you don't want cheap, based on that lack of zerk I would say that Moog is better. I know you can grease a balljoint with a needle tip but a zerk is the only way to flush some of the old contaminated grease out of the joint.
Not sure why you don't think you can't get a Moog part replaced locally, maybe the stores you shop at don't carry Moog but my local auto parts does. I will say I have never had to replace a Moog balljoint I installed from wear, accident yes but not worn out. To be fair I have never had to replace a Duralast one either, but I rarely buy them and only if I have to. I do my own wrench work and if I had to replace a part that were to wear out prematurely a second time regardless of the brand I would likely never buy that brand again. I think if you live by the rule of greasing the **** out of all the moving parts on a regular basis even a discount brand part should hold up fairly well. I do agree the design of front ends is weak.

 

I got my LT alignment from Brake Check. Use it often as well. About to have to use it again, as I was in an accident last week and went up on a curb to try and avoid the whole thing. Guy ran through a red light making a RH turn and still ended up scraping my passenger side.

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No you don't have to buy a Lifetime Alignment with tires. In fact they sometimes run sales on them about $120 bucks, which isn't bad because a regular 4X4 was around $89 last I checked. Every time I plan to keep a vehicle, especially a truck I buy it. I had some work done to my truck and it wasn't on sale and I still bought it for around $150 about 4 years back. So far I've made money on each and everyone I bought.

As for my opinion on zerks, the cheaper DuraLast parts often don't often come with them and just a short warranty, however the upper end DuraLast does comes with the lifetime warranty and zerks, at least what I've seen so that's what I use for the most part. MOOG makes a great product I agree, but nothing lasts for ever which brings up my next point.

Sealed verses non sealed bearings. Though I have already given my opinion on this the shear fact that OEM uses sealed bearings that usually last 100k to me is a great deal. You don't have to do anything but drive it and it lasts for the most part. The problem with greaseable bearings are they are not sealed thus contaminants can access them. The only way to get it out is to flush them. So in my honest opinion, for regular folk who just drive their vehicles the sealed bearings are a great deal, however a person that uses their vehicle under abnormal conditions should use greaseable.

As for my MOOG remark, yes I can get them locally, but they will not exchange them if out of their normal very small warranty terms. So you have to buy another which is generally more expensive per part and other fees, there is simply no cost savings this way....IMHO

 

I've been looking up Moog parts lately, and Amazon has the ball joints, upper control arms, and tie rod ends cheaper than any other place...with free shipping. Just a thought...

 

Again that's great and all, but you can't just take them back if you order the wrong ones, which you usually find after you tore apart your truck and your sitting there twiddling your thumbs. IMHO...I'd rather get it locally and take it back and get the right one with a lifetime warranty instead of dealing with shipping and people you never met and a worse warranty.

But like I said, to each their own.....Just my 2 cents for what it's worth.