Has any one else been told that there ball joints were wore out at 40,000 miles on there 4 wheel drives? 2006 / 2500

 

Terb,,,

I did a search on the subject the other day,,,lots of folks with ball joint issues..

 

Both the upper and lower ball joints were shots on my truck, on both sides, at 52,000 miles....

 

Maybe someone needs to start a poll on worn out ball joints. (stock vs. lifted vs oversize tires vs lifted&oversized tires)

 

who told you they were shot? Not that they can't go bad that early but Dealers and alignment shops love to say ball joints are out = $$. have you noticed anything like play in the steering lately? I was told mine were bad and used a dial gauge to check it myself, uppers were tight, lowers (which take most of the weight) had minor vertical and no horizontal, still within spec. Then i found that my steering gear was leaking and had play at the sector shaft, did a seal kit and added a DSS brace and now everything is tight again.

 

Check my sig........

 

yeah i have a 2004 4x4 and did upper and lower and all the tie rods at 45000, i had exstended warranty so i didnt care, the only part they didnt cover was the alignment....

 

Ditto, 89,000 kms and just had uppers and lowers replaced. Extended warranty so I didn't question the dealer.

 

mine were shot at 33k miles both upper and lower idk if it was from my wheels with a -12 offset

 

Are the ball joints covered under the 7/70 warranty?

 

i have replaced my ball joints 7 times in 1300000 miles and they are going out again

 

Wow, one million, three hundred thousand miles.....

 

oops to many 0000's 130000 miles sorry

 

Well up in Canada 22,000km both uppers.Now at 52,600& all four have to be done! But it pulls good.

 

common problem- do a search. you will find out about all the problems with premature ball joint wear on our trucks. smartest thing you can do is by pass the dealer and get after market parts -moog or spicer- which are adjustable and greaseable!!