Was under the truck today, changing oil and such. Noticed that upper ball joints are original (rivited in). Knowing that these animals had a bad slug of ball joints when new, how can I tell if mine was a recall and not done? I've got a98 Dakota Sport 4x4.5.2 auto.
Thanks

 

wow origional BJ's on a 98? your lucky. but not lucky enough... the recall is for 2000+ daks/durangos.

but if you find that your BJ's are shot, go with the moog greasable BJ's.

 

like he said 2000+ 100,000 mile warrenty. I need to get mine, done.. im going on 90k.. with org. [:'(]

 

im on 125,000 miles on the original in my 97 and they just went out...... is this a normal thing to have to replace????

 

ha the ones on my truck are still rivited in, and ive got 195000 on them how are all of you having so much trouble w/ them . . . j/k i know they are problems, just havnt had the time to do them myself, or any problems w/ them until recenlty i noticed the rubber seal is starting to tear off of one of them, or the money to have someone else do it

 

WOWZA you are realy lucky, what do ur tires look like?

 

only the 4x4's are hard on BJ's I've never really heard 2wd's being hard on them

 

my tires look fine, and wear evenly,but i am due for ball joints any time now bc the rubber seals are starting to rot out on mine, but 195000m, ireally cant complain about that

 

Ya 4x4 had a recall on 2000+, but the 4x2s had a 100,000 mile warrenty on them. I checked mine a couple days ago before i made that above post, and mine actually look fine, they are not rivited in unless i just cant see it, it looks like little clip/pins are holding it in..

 

When I bought my 2000 it had 159000 and they are original, but due for replacement. Lower driverside is shot, I bought all four, and need to do the cv's too When I got my Dac the cv's were removed, weird!