40k is pretty good compared to stock..
You go off road?

 

108000 on stock and still going.

 

light off-road use... but when I do i am usually very loaded with equipment.

 

Good to know!

XRFs will be my purchase when I get to that point, I do some light off-roading with some river/stream crossing.

 

Mcquay-Norris upper and lower heavy duty ball joints here. Both greasable. And made in America. Haven't installed yet but have heard nothing but good things about them.

 

Good to know. Thank you.

-Jeremy

 

Just installed XRFs also. We'll see how long they last.

 

I load my trucks to the max and then drive them on rough gravel roads a lot.
Now read about weak balljoints, makes me think i will be sad about ordering a new dodge 3500 when it arrives.

 

They may have improved the design in the new trucks, I don't know. But at least you won't be getting a Powerjoke, where the joke's on you.

 

do you have a link for the XR'S ....... i was also looking at the carli's ...but was hoping that there was others that were MUCH cheaper than 800 bucks

 

i did a google search and the xrf popped right up. Im not familier with the xrf company. As i did research i hear more positives about the dynatrac's so i think my investment will be going that way

 

Water ruins all joints that take grease. Water gets into the joint and then the joint will rust, rust then acts like sandpaper and eats the joint up. Use Lucas grease and no more problems. I've never had to replace a joint after using Lucas grease. And yes I go into water when its not frozen up North here all the time. Buy normal grease able joints at your local parts store and save your money. What it would cost you to buy these special joints you can buy several tubes of Lucas grease and grease all your neighbors trucks, including yours.

 

Unfortunately, "normal greaseable joints" that you refer too can turn out to be Moog joints from the auto parts store. These are a big mistake. We are all looking for durable, greaseable joints that are way better than stock and made better than Moog joints.

 

You are clearly not familiar with the 3rd gen balljoint issues....and how Moog lowers on 3rd gens suck. Fit and quality are garbage from brand new. If you want to talk about eating a balljoint up, they have been known to grind themselves up in as little as 5K because the ball does not fit properly into the socket. There is even reports where they have been driven down the road 5 miles and pulled because of the lower joint fit issue causes binding and steering wander. They have serious design and manufacturing issues. It quite literally has absolutely nothing to do with grease/lubrication. There is lots of reading of a multitude of welcome documented incidents on these forums about this already....just search. There are some very good reasons why Carli, Dynatrac and XRF are popular solutions to replacement balljoints on 3rd gens. It is not snake oil.

 

I have an idea. DTR store needs to carry balljoints. They'd make a million.


But first they'd have to cut them apart and let the folks decide after looking them over real well.


There are several different brands they could try out.