2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Will I be ok on bad ball joints for a little while?

[Silver Bullet Ram]

My truck is a 4x4 and has bad ball joints up front. I don't have time or the money to get them replaced before I got to Talledega in a couple of weeks.



Gary

 

[tp0d]

Well, that depends on what you mean by "bad"... . I have a somewhat 'bad' ball joint on my passenger side, but when I flex it with a digging bar, it only makes a small bump noise and doesnt move hardly at all. . about 1/16" deflection, but i`m no alignment guy. . if you can move the tire up and down with that side jacked up in the air, then i`d say you have a problem. First thing you`d prolly see is the death wobble. . at 50mph, I wouldnt want to experience that. wheres talledega? more than a 500mi trip? hard to say if its worth the risk, depending on the condition of your ball joints and your courage. . heh. .



jus my 2c. .



-j

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

Its more than a 1/16" I went ahead and made an appointment to get it fixed. The front end was vibrating up and down going down the road.

 

[dresslered]

Be sure that you don't replace them with the OEM ball joints or you'll be doing it all too soon again. The Moog ball joints have the zirk fittings and the consensus has been that they hold up much better.

 

[Mactruck]

Where did you get your Moog Balljoints???

 

[dresslered]

I know that I saw a post on the TDR where to order them, but the truck shop that fixed mine said that they prefer to order their own rather than use customer supplied parts (of course they were about $50 more each going this route).

 

[Silver Bullet Ram]

I am putting moog on mine.