Had the upper ball joints replaced on 2000 4wd Dakota. FDealer wants to do lowers also. Says they are breaking down. I need to pay. Anhyone else come across this as part of recall. Seems they should be closely related. But I guess only th uppers r part of the recall.

 

I went on a head an bought my lower ones before i took mine in for the recall and had them replace them anyways i figure with 50k miles whut the hell....i asked the mechanic afterwards what the lowers looked like he said they were dry as a popcorn fart......i bought napa chassis ball joints i wanted some with zerks but nobody seems to make them like that but oh well hope this helps

 

Just wonder what it cost to do that lower job. Dealer says 580 using Mopar parts

 

I'm pretty sure that the Duralast ball joints that AutoZone sells are greasable. mf27us, if it helps any I had to pay $1095 to have all 4 ball joints, passenger side tie rod, and driver side bearing all done at the same time. I went with a local garage though. If they replaced your uppers, and the vehicle is still tore apart at the shop there is no reason it should be much more labor to put in the lowers. If they do still have your vehicle apart, it sounds like they're trying to get you for labor for the entire job. The parts will only be around $80-$100 for lowers.

 

I believe i paid 70 bucks apiece for the napa ball joints and somewhere between 200 and 300 for dodge dealer to install

 

that didnt happen to me, but my sqeak still occurs in the front end when i hit bumps...who knows?

 

I attempted to get an alignment and mechanic said all four were bad and quoted me 600 duckies for parts and labor. So instead i bought all four from napa for about 70 bucks and did the deed myself. unfortunately they are riveted in and the rivets expanded once pressed in. So i grinded the heads off and drilled them all out. entire project took close to 12 hours, but saving 530 dollars was well worth the labor. plus i learned a lot about my truck by workin with it.