I end up either pushing them under the bench or a shelf and cannot find them when I want to check something. They mysteriously show back up at some pioint in the future - unless there was a core charge - and those puppies NEVER show back up. Strange.

 

mine make sounds like that for the last 3 years i spary some slicoon lube on them and it makes the noise go away for about 4 months...

 

I did the same thing, and it worked too. But in a full left turn my rim rubed the lower control arm and the aluminum doesn't take too well to that

New ball joints, no rub! It's nice to be able to turn fully to the left without having to worry about eating through your rims

Edit: I still can't find them ball joints to show how bad they were, guess they're gone. The bottom one was the worst, it had a lot of up and down play. And if you held it with the ball stud facing up, it would flop around like a limp dick...

The top one had damage to the ring seat, it was bent over to one side, and the ring (urethane ring I'm guessing) fell out before I got the ball joint off the control arm.

Passenger side is next.

 

yeah lol after my snow run yesterday my front end is a lot more lose... kinda scary coming down the mountain... i'm gonna have them replaced this week

 

My steering is pleasantly more firm with the new ball joints.

 

yeah i've had my front is looked up a few times by 4 different shops cause i wanted to make sure i was being told the truth and each shop came back with i need ball joints and one tie rod end... so i'm sure that will make my ram have a nice feel going drive to road... no more turning left to keep it straight down the road lol

 

Better stop by an alignment shop after they get replaced!

 

thank god i seen this because mine is exactly like yours was. glad to know its just ball joints and/or bushings.

 

Unsure of what the noise was it first started I sprayed EVERYTHING with CRC White Lithium, the bushing's still have a nice coating on them