Ball joints and tie rod ends
#16
01-16-2011 | 11:42 PM
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Got it done finally
So I bought the $185 kit from ebay that contained:
1. (2)Upper control arms
2. (2) lower ball joints
3. (4) tie rod ends
4. (2) sway bar links
5. (2) tie rod sleves
and its all grease able unlike the factory ones.
I put it all in for under $200
The truck rolls 100X better with no clunking or scary noises. im so glad i decided to do it myself. It was cake. Took about 8 hours with 5-6 beer breaks. Im amazed. I bought the truck with 44k miles and dont remember it being this responsive.
1. (2)Upper control arms
2. (2) lower ball joints
3. (4) tie rod ends
4. (2) sway bar links
5. (2) tie rod sleves
and its all grease able unlike the factory ones.
I put it all in for under $200
The truck rolls 100X better with no clunking or scary noises. im so glad i decided to do it myself. It was cake. Took about 8 hours with 5-6 beer breaks. Im amazed. I bought the truck with 44k miles and dont remember it being this responsive.
#18
01-19-2011 | 05:02 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.ca/Upper-Control-Arm...item45f83509de
i bought these for my truck and the work fine but these trucks love to eat through the tie rods and if you dont keep an eye on them and well greased all of the ball joints will go
i bought these for my truck and the work fine but these trucks love to eat through the tie rods and if you dont keep an eye on them and well greased all of the ball joints will go
#19
01-19-2011 | 05:32 PM
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From: Towanda PA
Today I took my truck down for a front tire and an alignment because my tire was wearing unevenly. The mechanic at the shop told me that I needed:
1. All new inner and outer tie rod ends on both sides
2. All new ball joints both sides
Another thing that he told me was that I needed new upper control arms because the upper ball joints don't come out of the upper control arms.
I want to do all this work myself because he wanted close to $600 to do it all for me. The lower ball joints I have no problem with but replacing the whole upper control arms seems fishy to me.
Is there anywhere I can order upper ball joints? or a package of all the tie rod ends?
By the way my truck is a 2000 XL 111145 miles 5.4 triton tow package w/ 4r100 no fron abs
1. All new inner and outer tie rod ends on both sides
2. All new ball joints both sides
Another thing that he told me was that I needed new upper control arms because the upper ball joints don't come out of the upper control arms.
I want to do all this work myself because he wanted close to $600 to do it all for me. The lower ball joints I have no problem with but replacing the whole upper control arms seems fishy to me.
Is there anywhere I can order upper ball joints? or a package of all the tie rod ends?
By the way my truck is a 2000 XL 111145 miles 5.4 triton tow package w/ 4r100 no fron abs
I found the rental press at Advanced auto to be better than the one at Auto Zone. I changed all these things on my 04 a few months back. The left upper ball joint had 3/4 in. of play. I was hearing a sound comming from the wheel and couldn't tell what it was till I pulled the wheel and noticed I was down to the cords on the inside of the tire due to the balljoint being sooooo messed up. Good luck 
#20
01-19-2011 | 09:01 PM
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I got my press at kragen and it worked just like i wanted it too. I dont have an impact gun so i got my upper body work out in. I took the truck out today into the rocks trails to do some quail hunting and the ebay kit held up great. Feels good to save a few hundred bucks and not sacrifice any quality. I got grease gun for $15 from harbor freight and its gonna be laying next to my oil change pail so i can avoid having to tear apart my truck again.
