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Front Suspension Rust On Ram 3500 (56k maybe?)

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Old 05-26-2005, 05:53 PM
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just looked under my truck and none of my parts look anything like that. they are all black. so I would say something aint right and I would have the dealer take a gander
You're 4WD aren't ya Drew?
AA ships the axles to Dodge pre-painted.
 
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just looked under my truck and none of my parts look anything like that. they are all black. so I would say something aint right and I would have the dealer take a gander
You're 4WD aren't ya Drew?
AA ships the axles to Dodge pre-painted.
yes and thats what it looks like when I took a peek. no sign of rusting yet.

but what has me is the steering linkage, mine is black, his is dingy brown.[sm=smiley5.gif]
 
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That's because you have a solid front axle supplied by AA. It is shipped to Dodge painted and the knuckle is integral to that axle (painted also).
That is a 2WD one ton. A completely different animal. It has an independant fron suspension that is made up of completely different parts.
 
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Alright, thanks for the replies. I guess it's just normal, but it was bugging me nonetheless, and as I have a tendancy to be a little obsessive compulsive about these things, I took a wire brush and cleaned up as much as I could, and put some black zinc paint on it.





At least I don't see rust every time I walk by the car now.

-Andrew
 
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