I own a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 megacab 4x4 with 5.9 cummins with 93000 miles. My upper ball joints need replaced so I plan on doing the lower ball joints as well. Will have help from my mechanicly inclined friend. I will be purchasing Moog brand but my question is how do I tell if I have a Dana 60 front axle as there seems to be 2 different types of ball joints to choose from on the auto parts warehouse website where I am ordering them from? Also there seems to be adjustable ones that are more expensive. Can someone shed some light on which ones I need to order?

Is replacing the upper and lowers really really difficult for a do it your selfer? How time consuming can I expect from doing both sides upper and lower ball joints?

 

All Dana axles have a serial number stamped on them. It's not too bad, I just did both CVs, both upper control arms (with ball joints) and the lower ball joints, plus replaced a few bushings that were shot. Took me about 6 hours. Only tools other than standard stuff would be a fork and a press...