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mcarthey
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
10:10:16
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 Subject: ball joints... anything else?
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If I'm going to be replacing my ball joints (upper/lower) on my '97 5.2L 4x4 should I mess with the control arms and the bushings right away? Is there anything else I should look at while I'm in there? I'd hate to have to take the thing apart again just because I missed something.
Mark
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another mark
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
13:40:54
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yes the tie rods, i'd only mess with the bushings if they look
really bad and there is play in the arm because of it, the energy
suspensions bushing kit is only like $50, but installation will be
a couple hundred
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mcarthey
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
14:05:11
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I'm just digging around for part numbers/prices. Do you have any idea where I could get these parts? Is it worth upgrading them or just going to NAPA and getting something off the shelf?
Thanks!
Mark
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mcarthey
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
17:33:30
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Argh, so I've been digging for a while for upper/lower bushings for the control arm and can't find a thing for my '97 4x4. Does anyone know if they're available or if I'm out of luck?
Thanks for any help!
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mcarthey
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
18:45:44
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I finally figured it out.. there's some acronym that I can't recall at the moment which basically means the part is dealer only. I just hope that means I can still get the better quality bushings than the rubber stuff that's on there now.
HTH
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another mark
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
19:30:11
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rockauto.com has moog ball joints and moog tie rod parts, energy suspension sells the bushing kit for the control arms, you do not need to replace your control arms so don't let the dealer con you into that, you can just replace the ball joints with the moog units
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mcarthey
Dodge Dakota
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7/20/2004
19:35:24
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I checked Energy Suspension at http://www.energysuspension.com/dgt1.html and it doesn't list any part numbers for the '97 4x4. It doesn't look like they're available. What am I missing?
Thanks for the response.
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