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Ball joints....replace'em. I got 208,000 on my 97 4 x 4 318 V8. Tranny's been rebuilt twice.
Just did the ball joints and control arms and new radiator...(pump in the torque converter failed and turned the tranny cooler in the radiator to crap.) Runs like new.