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Old 06-05-2008, 07:59 AM
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Truck has never been off road,, towed alot and carried alot,, but at 20000miles all four ball joints are done..
check yours guys,,,

I have 40000K on truck and look after it big time,, when I was greasing the front shaft last night I decide to check the front out and sure enough at least 1/2" of play in both top and bottom on drivers side,I did not bother checking the passenger side out( just assumed it would be the same if not worse ).

Not sure but I think I will need to talk to my banker about replacing all four,,, OUCH !!!!!!!!!

any one else with an 2007 3500 Dually 4X4 and need ball joints ????

truck is in sig

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Old 06-05-2008, 10:17 AM
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wow that sucks... dealer is going to take care of it right?
 
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Old 06-05-2008, 10:34 AM
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Ya, definitely talk to your dealer like Steve mentioned.

I have an 03 that I just bought a year ago and had a couple of my balljoints wear out and with my basic extended warranty the dealership replaced them without any issue.
 
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I have confirmed it is still under 100% warranty,, I am waiting for my sales man to start work and will talk with him as to just how good he feels thier shop is on trucks and take it from thier.. But yes warranty will be doing it, thank you warranty

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Old 06-05-2008, 10:54 PM
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I had to replace all 4 on my 01 when it had 40k on it. I put Moog all the way around and so far they have lasted 140k miles.
 
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Old 06-06-2008, 09:24 AM
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Unless they are more then 0.90 of play Dodge will not pay to replace them. Based on what I have read and been told they are allowed to have that much play and once they are over .90 then will pay to replace them. The .90 (decimal point nine zero, aka 9/10 inch of play) is not a typing error. If you can get yours to replace them go for it and feel lucky.
 



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