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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 11:24 AM
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Those with XRF ball joints...........

So how are they holding up? I been waiting to do my ball joints again(Napa Brand) wanted to hear about the XRF's.

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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 08:32 PM
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Mine are going strong. I don't baby the front end, lot's of old logging roads at a good clip.
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 08:38 PM
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No problem with mine either. I only have about 17,000 miles on them so far though.

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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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I only have about 8,000 miles on mine but so far they are holding up great.
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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6 months on mine. lifted. 37" tires and not easy on the truck at all. steering upgrade is next for me
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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fyi just found another post about how xrf bj's are larger diameter and once you install them oem or other joints will be loose in the knuckle.
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by bradler
fyi just found another post about how xrf bj's are larger diameter and once you install them oem or other joints will be loose in the knuckle.
First time I ever heard that one?

How would you ever get them installed being this big?
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 08:28 PM
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Have 69000 on mine still working fine
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by berettaman
No problem with mine either. I only have about 17,000 miles on them so far though.

Dave
Well, that's about 10,000 miles more than the stockers last...
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 08:00 PM
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4k on mine and still working good. Time will tell. Hunting season is here
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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by FLYH2O
First time I ever heard that one?

How would you ever get them installed being this big?
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...k-t275394.html
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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once you install them oem or other joints will be loose in the knuckle
You hear some of the craziest stuff on the internet! How in the world would you get them in?

Mine are still going strong after 20K miles. Solid as a republican in Wyoming!
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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I' have about 30,000 on mine and they are going strong. When I started to nstall them, I noticed the difference in sizes. The balljoint was .017" larger than the hole when measured at the max OD on the spline. I chucked them up in my lathe and turned them down to about .004" interference which took most of the spline off. They still went in very tight and I expect no problem.
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