That's right and the thuren linkage will replace all of it. Ball joints suck and replacing them with heim joints is the way to go

 

Hey guys, I had my ball joints replaced at 49,000 km and I made the dealer drill and tap the warranty OEM replacement ball joints both upper and lower. Unfortunately the lower ball joint does not have enough clearance between the the top of the ball joint and the front axle u-joint. What I do is remove a flush mount plug in the lower ball joint, install a grease nipple and then grease the ball joint. I then remove the grease nipple and reinstall the plug. I am hoping that greasing the OEM ball joints that I wont have to replace them every 49,000 km. I grease the ball joints every oil change. I can take pictures if anyone would like me to and post them here just drop me a line.

 

Picks would be great! Fire away.

 

DC has seen fit to use a non greasable ball joint because us "shade tree mechanics" don't know what we're doing. The ball joint is non greasable because they engineered it with a "teflon" liner between the ball and the ball housing. Reason is we or the "quickie lube people" may fail to properly clean the grease zereks (if installed) thus contaminating the grease and causing the ball joint to fail!! But the the DC techs are DC trained ( I'll leave you to make any remarks you feel is right) But these same DC trained techs have to be "Educated" by the same "shade tree mechanics" on how, where and when on a number of issues, like the front drive shaft maintenance or how to recalibrate speed sensor for larger tire sizes!!

 

I've looked at the Thuren stuff a number of times, I see all the steering and suspension parts on the website, I see nothing the replaces the ball joints that are pressed into the axle and hold the steering knuckle on. Do I need to call them for info on such a product? Just so we're clear, I circled the Ball joints I'm referring to in this pic.

 

I see what you mean.... I don't believe there are any replacements for those. There are also ball joints in the steering which is what I was talking about.

poor quality cell phone pics...

 

What did I miss?? The joints you are talking about are the steering joints, yes they're replaced with Heim joints, very nice I'm seriously considering it for my truck. However, the BALL JOINTS Nick is referring to that affect his tire moving are the ones I circled in red on the last pic. In this pic I circled the joints you are referring to in green, the BALL JOINTS that hold your wheel on I cirlced the lower one in red the upper is blocked by the steering links.

 

Did someone say something about a BALL JOINT ???

 

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This pic reminds me of that SouthWest Airline commercial " Do you want to get away? " Man, I bet that dude can't show his face anywhere!!

 

I seem to remember a friend that had a Ram 1500 and had replaced his with Cadillac ball joints. I may be wrong, but I'll have to check it out. I'm pushing 48,000 miles, and I may be down this road beforeI know it also!