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Ball joints
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:42 pm
by akaFrankCastle
What's the general consensus on the good stuff? I'm going to be in the drive all day with the super duty. Would prefer to replace once.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:03 pm
by Justin
Spicer or the good Moog. Napa sells Spicer as their own Napa Gold.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:00 am
by Digger
Spicer.
Moog is fine so long as you stay away from the "problem solver" series. They tend to oversize the ball joint housings and it stretches the hole in the axle. We get calls on these all the time at work because people try to replace these with something OE sized and it fall through the hole.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:25 am
by Kinder
Another vote for Spicer.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:56 am
by Gunnibronco
Digger wrote:Moog is fine so long as you stay away from the "problem solver" series. They tend to oversize the ball joint housings and it stretches the hole in the axle. We get calls on these all the time at work because people try to replace these with something OE sized and it fall through the hole.
Damn. Looks like that is what I used a few months ago. Maybe why I had to fight one side so bad. So does that mean I'm stuck using theirs again in the future? Hopefully I don't have to do that job again soon, either way.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 11:25 pm
by Digger
Gunnibronco wrote:Digger wrote:Moog is fine so long as you stay away from the "problem solver" series. They tend to oversize the ball joint housings and it stretches the hole in the axle. We get calls on these all the time at work because people try to replace these with something OE sized and it fall through the hole.
Damn. Looks like that is what I used a few months ago. Maybe why I had to fight one side so bad. So does that mean I'm stuck using theirs again in the future? Hopefully I don't have to do that job again soon, either way.
Hopefully if it went it hard it just crushed the ball joint down tighter and didn't stretch the hole. It seems to happen to Jeep D30s and D44 most often. They must have less thickness in their BJ mounts. But yeah, if the hope gets opened up, then you're stuck with Moogs.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:27 am
by Gunnibronco
Thanks, it was my F250, hopefully you are right.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:52 am
by Digger
Gunnibronco wrote:Thanks, it was my F250, hopefully you are right.
If it makes you feel any better, I'm in the same boat. I installed Moog ball joints on my F-250 right before learning that little tidbit.
Re: Ball joints
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:00 pm
by Colorado75bronc
Spicer.
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