Alright iv finally decided im going to do a full over haul on my truck, seeing ripley doing his and everything. Mine is in a really bad need of U joints on the front, i didnt realise how bad it was untill i looked at my passenger side, i thought all i needed was the drivers but the passenger side is way worse, not as bad as it could be i suppose but deff pretty bad. I'v never done any u joint's like this before, driveshaft was cake but this looks like it's going to be a pain in the *** compaired to that.

So im just going to drive it for the time being knowing they need to be changed and yes they are thumping, it's eating at me but i need a way back n forth to work and i dont have the cash to spend on the parts right now so over the next few weeks im going to be buying a good amount of parts, im going to be replacing the track bar ends, tie rod ends, wheel barrings, u joint's, brakes, rotors, ball joints and whatever else i break while replacing all that crap.

i dont see the sense in me not doing all of that at one time because i will just have to tear the crap back apart to get to it anyways one by one so i'd rather just take a bite in the *** and get it done.

i really ****ing hate the previous owner of this truck, if i could i would stab him in the ear with a ice pick.

im like ready to ****in cry dude.

 

stop being a bitch!




Is your track bar stock?

 

Dude it will be fixed in time. I have crashed mine before but it still runs kind of.

 

As far as i know my track bar is stock, all i know is the kunckles are worn to **** and there's alot of play in it.

 

How do you replace the ends? I thought the thuren was the only rebuildable one

 

As far as i know you can replace the connections, thats the only part that's damaged. Otherwise i'll just buy another one, Also no one freaking told me you have to replace the whole ****ing hub on the front of these trucks. What happend to just replacing the bearing it self ?

 

I think bearings only are a thing of the past

 

On the front end of these trucks its a hub-bearing assembly i got mine at autozone for a lil more than a 100 with a lil bit of a warranty but they are timkens just like the factory ones

 

The bearing only deal is pretty much a 2wd only thing.

Do you have a Tractor supply around you? You can get a 3/4" breaker bar and the hub nut socket for 21$ together there.

I think Harbor Freight would have one that would last long enough to do both sides pretty cheap too.

 

this was the prices i paid for my front end build i just did


Wheel bearings (140 each..Timkens) $280
Ball Joints (already had drivers side done)- Upper-43.99
Lower-39.99
U-Joints- (14 each) $28.00
Paid someone to press u-joints for me- $30
Brake pads- $35.99
Axle Seals- Pass.- $10
Drivers- $14
Gear Fluid- $13
Brake Cleaner (went through about 8 cans cleaning out the axle tubes) 8x2.99=$24

TOTAL: $518.97


I still need to do Steering stabilizer, Tie-rod ends, and Rotors, but what i did fixed the problems i was having, but since everything else is new, im going to replace these three as well...


Good luck, if you need any tips hit me up.