2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Anyone else have my kinda luck?

[AFoulk]

To make a long story short, all 4 of my ball joints and my pass. side tie rod end are shot. I just replaced all of them 3,000miles ago with parts from Napa! The ball joints are the greasable units and I greased the heck outta them when I installed them. Hell, I didn't even make it to my next oil change! And the tie rod end is a sealed unit, and you can see the residue around it where the factory grease worked out. They better replace them for free... thats just rediculous. I really don't feel like doing ball joints again. Anyone else have problems like this?

 

[scotmartin]

Sounds like the kinda luck I had with my 99.

 

[AFoulk]

Ah man, I've had no luck with cars period... especially when it comes to chrysler products. I had a brand new 05 Jeep Wrangler before my truck, and that thing spent more time at the dealer than it did on the road... not that the dealer really ever fixed anything anyways. And its not like I beat the crap outta my stuff. Heck, my friends even give me crap for babying my stuff to much. Lack of maintnance isn't it either... I've always been the type of person to replace stuff before it actually goes bad. I always grease my chassis at every oil change (5,000miles) whether it needs it or not, but heck, I didn't even make it to the next oil change.

 

[AFoulk]

Does anyone else make quality steering and suspenion replacement parts? It would be nice if napa would replace the bad parts for nothing and I know the guys there pretty well, so I think they will. But I really hate to replace the stuff and go thru the same thing again.

 

[SHobbs]

I have always used MOOG. Give Rockauto a call, they have what you need and as a TDR member you even get a discount.