can you explain grease gun needle? and where I would grease the factory ball joints? is it what it sounds like? kinda like an inflation needle for a football or something like that and you just stick it into the rubber boot around the joint and grease away?

 

Ill be installing mine on Saturday as well. I ordered the Moogs and they will be here that day. My passanger side upper joint is way too loose for my comfort.

 

Bobby do you think it was like that for awhile and you never noticed it until the leveling kit? or did you install the leveling kit and....BAM....ball joints went out....??

 

Kent, trust me, my truck has alot of miles on it and the leveling kit didnt cause the problem. I would say the leveling kit finished it off, but it was on its way out.

My front end has been clunking, but most of it was coming from the sway bar. I have greasable bushings on the way. This past week I started hearing an aweful noise from the front end, so I pulled the sway bar off. The sound went away I thought, but the next day it was back and sure enough I could grap the top control arm and move it up and down. The uppers are still factory, and have 120k on them. Any stock suspension part that lasts that long (especially on a Dakota) is good in my book. I dont blame the leveling kit. The lowers went out around 90k. Tie rods are still factory, and will be replaced this summer when I have some extra cash floating around.

 

word....i'm going to get the daystar kit. just scored a set of professionally tinted taillights for cheap on ebay, so gotta wait again on the spacers...lol

 

You're killin me smalls!
I can hear blue thunder all the way over hear, crying because of the rake that front end has .....

 

it was level....but someone kept giving me crap about "lowering" a 4x4...lol...i gotta find a weekend and get ueland down here so he can help me install the spacers when i get them...i'll worry about struts later...

 

Yeah, there are some real tools on this forum ..... who would ever harrass someone for lowering a 4x4? They would have to be out of their mind .....

 

It's a needle nose adapter. You can buy them for any grease gun. Some question how effective they actually are though, and whether it can grease a sealed ball joint well. Plus it makes that tiny hole in the boot. You just push the needle into the boot and grease it until full.

 

Sure am glad i came to my senses!