Ball Joint Emergency
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I had my truck checked out at Tire Kingdom, and it turns out it needs over 1900 in repairs, mainly 1200 in ball joints and tie rods.
I need to know of any DIY writeups that I could do in my front yard that may help correct or at least stall this problem until I can find a cheaper place or save the funds to complete the job.
Thanks for any and all info.
The truck is
1996 Dodge Ram Extended Cab, 5.9L 360
16" Rims with 265/70/r16 tires
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RE: Ball Joint Emergency
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I had my truck checked out at Tire Kingdom, and it turns out it needs over 1900 in repairs, mainly 1200 in ball joints and tie rods.
I need to know of any DIY writeups that I could do in my front yard that may help correct or at least stall this problem until I can find a cheaper place or save the funds to complete the job.
Thanks for any and all info.
The truck is
1996 Dodge Ram Extended Cab, 5.9L 360
16" Rims with 265/70/r16 tires
I had my truck checked out at Tire Kingdom, and it turns out it needs over 1900 in repairs, mainly 1200 in ball joints and tie rods.
I need to know of any DIY writeups that I could do in my front yard that may help correct or at least stall this problem until I can find a cheaper place or save the funds to complete the job.
Thanks for any and all info.
The truck is
1996 Dodge Ram Extended Cab, 5.9L 360
16" Rims with 265/70/r16 tires
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RE: Ball Joint Emergency
Spend the money and get a Haynes as it will pay for itself. Be aware that the ball-joint press from the FLAPS can be tricky to use. When I did mine I had to have my neighbor make a custom cup and the ones with the kit were either too large or too small. I spent most of a Saturday and Sunday on the job, but that was better than paying $1,200 for someone else to do it.
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RE: Ball Joint Emergency
This is for a 4x4 but a 2wd is essentially the same - dodgetalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178091
Ok, this is stupid. Why doesn't dodge talk show in that URL? Some kind of DF/DT animosity or something?
Ok, this is stupid. Why doesn't dodge talk show in that URL? Some kind of DF/DT animosity or something?
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I service grade ball joints off of rockauto, hopefully they'll last a year or two until I redo the front suspension when i get shocks, coils, etc. I also got the jack and stands so hopefully with that writeup you sent, and my haynes manual I will be done by friday.