1999 1500, 2wd, highway vehicle. They started squeaking a few weeks ago, so I crawl under to grease them and find no grease zirts. This is a joke, right. I'm used to the oilfield, where everything has a zirt on it.

Now I have to pay someone to change them because I'm 3 weeks behind on work at any given time.

Will good quality oem parts from Napa be ok?

In the past 6,000 miles I've lost a water pump, a tensioner, my heater, conked out twice for reasons I still can't determine, and both my trans and a/c are making noises that don't make me feel warm and fuzzy. Ouch!

 

Hmmmm, sounds like the 13 yr old vehicle syndrome.

My dad's 02 is starting to come down with it.



Get MOOG ball joints, they work better and have a grease zirk IIRC.

 

yup. MOOG only way to go.

 

Id be pretty pleased to get 80k out of mine! I had new ones put in 5000kms ago and there all done already... And all the issues you posted are famous with these trucks :P

 

I put DuraLast on mine and they've been great

Not one single problem, and a warranty to boot

 

Get rid if oem crap and you will not have any more issues.

 

80K is pretty damn good even for a 2wd. What's the problem?

 

You should be happy you got to 80k Holmes, I had to do a set at 40k and need to do another now at 87,000... and mines a 2007.

Engines are great. Everything else...

 

Wow! OK, I'm not going to start a rant. But here's the deal. My last truck had 183,000 on it when I sold it. Toyota. Original ball joints. Nearly original everything. Maybe I can't afford a Dodge.

 

Mmmmm, no. Many threads here discuss that Moog quality has been going downhill the last few years.

Spend the extra coin for quality and go with XRF.


And a questions for the OP -- You should have known by now that the ball joints on your truck are non-serviceable; otherwise, this would not be expected. Properly serviced ball-joints will last well beyond 125K miles and are critical suspension components.