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maroonDakota
Dodge Dakota
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5/27/2003
10:34:27
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 Subject: Ball Joints and tie rods
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hey,
I just took my 98 v6 slt 2wd in for an alingment and, big suprise, the lower ball joints as well as tie rod ends were shot.
Now, I've looked at a bunch of different threads on this site and it seems that this is a pretty common problem. While there is a lot of good information floating around most of the threads consist of "yea, it happened to me too." I'd like to try and replace them myself and was wondering if there was a good thread that had how to do it, w/out all the "me too" complaints.
I know Moog parts are pretty popular so I'm probably going to go with them.
Also, the shop said only the lower ball joints needed to be replaced. However, after seeing all the problems people are having, would it be a good idea to replace both upper and lower at the same time? The Haynes repair manual has instructions for replacing the lowers, but it says that to change the uppers requires the whole upper control arm to be replaced. Is this true? I thought I saw a few thread where people were able to change the just the ball joint and not the control arm.
thanks for any help
-ken
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Deep Purple
Gen III
5/27/2003
12:51:45
|  RE: Ball Joints and tie rods
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You can change just the ball joints. The uppers are a piece of cake. Drill down the center of the rivets. Only have to go about a 1/4". Start with a small bite and go larger up to about 5/16" then knock the heads off with a chisel. Do the same for the bottom. Use a punch to knock the rivets out. That's the basics, check for other posts for some more help. You can do it, just have it aligned asap. Check the new ball joints before you start for all the bolts. I come up two short on a Saturday at 6pm. Not good.
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