When there is a half inch of play in your ball joints .. my 04 drives like a bag of crap now..

 

Thats perfectly normal........to drive like crap with a 1/2 of play in the ball joints.

 

hahahahahahahaha thats bloody funny.. well it is to my sleep deprived mind..

 

I just swapped out my pile of crap moog balljoints with Dynatracs last weekend. No more shimmy/death wobble and the truck actually steers nice now! Best money I've spent on this pile in a while...

 

if it helps any, cost is about 100$ each for ball joints, unless you have an in with a local parts dealer, my experience has been really moog or XRF last about the same.
Carli makes ball joints but they are expensive!, they are susposed to never wear out.
also dynatrac makes a ball joint that is cheaper (than carli) and should it wear out you can "rebuild " it in the truck and it cost I thought I read about 100$ for the rebuild kit

I just seached for dyna track, last time I looked I could have swore they were only around 600$ a set of 4, it lookes like a price jump!, when I was a courior I did quite a few sets of ball joints on at lest 4 different trucks, orginals or replacements only seems to last 1-1.5yrs, so depending on your use I guess that would be the deciding factor on cost vs longevity

here was that link

http://www.dynatrac.com/products_pro...alljoints.html

here is the carli link, if I read right they are 450$ each!!!

http://www.thecarlisuspension.com/do...nts/upper.html

 

Thanks for the links.. and advice.. I got 294000 kms out of the factory ones. not sure how as i don't baby this truck.. I'm going to step up and buy good ones as i will keep this truck as my car, My dually is a pain to drive in town...

 

They have the complete set for 800.. Thanks again for the link..

http://www.thecarlisuspension.com/do...nts/index.html

 

I tried buying the Carlis but the only dealer here in Alberta told me they were on backorder with no idea when the next production run would be Thats why I went the dynatrac route.

 

What does the dealer sell?

 

If you want Carli's, get hold of Craig at Baja North in Kamloops.

Tell him Jeff from Sundre sent you, he will look after you. I've known these guys for years they are beyond top notch!

http://www.bajanorth.ca/

Jeff

 

Swap in king pins for the price of those ball joints.

 

hmmm ford F550 front diff..