Ball joints: Any aftermarket solutions yet? Any good? Bad?
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I've already had to replace my left ball joints, about $600 parts and labor with OEM equipment. Now my right side is going out, and so far no luck on anything aftermarket
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I've got 35's and ORE C gussets. About 5,000 of my miles have been off road and my ball joints are tight. I don't know if the gussets are helping; but they may.
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I think this is something that we are going to have to learn to do ourselves. 600.00 is just too damn much money - for only one ball joint. I just swapped axle shafts, which was no big deal, which gives easy access to the ball joints.
I've got 35's and ORE C gussets. About 5,000 of my miles have been off road and my ball joints are tight. I don't know if the gussets are helping; but they may.
I've got 35's and ORE C gussets. About 5,000 of my miles have been off road and my ball joints are tight. I don't know if the gussets are helping; but they may.
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The last thing ANY of us want is for our BJs to wear out.
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I still wish the damn things were greasable. On a street only vehicle I know the greaseless ball joints and ujoints do ok. But for our use we need to be able to flush them out with fresh grease after running trails.
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It's hard to say right now that that is the cause. But if those of us with 35's and gussets don't have ball joint problems and those with 35's and no gusets do it will become conventional wisdom I guess.
I still wish the damn things were greasable. On a street only vehicle I know the greaseless ball joints and ujoints do ok. But for our use we need to be able to flush them out with fresh grease after running trails.
I still wish the damn things were greasable. On a street only vehicle I know the greaseless ball joints and ujoints do ok. But for our use we need to be able to flush them out with fresh grease after running trails.
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I think you may have misunderstood my post. I was merely saying that until someone makes a ball joint with a grease fitting, it will be worthless. Even if it's Moog. To answer your question, yes, I have installed fittings in MANY a ball joint that was factory sealed. Zerk fittings are self tapping. As for worrying about metal shavings, that's easy to compensate for. Simple fill the flutes of the drill bit with wheel bearing grease. That will solve the problem of metal shavings escaping. It may be necessare to tap the ball joints if the metal caps are really thick, but that's not hard to do, either. Just have an appropriate size tap on hand and be prepared just in case. I haven't added fittings to mine yet, but I plan to soon. If I get around to it before any of yall, I'll do a write up on it.
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It's hard to say right now that that is the cause. But if those of us with 35's and gussets don't have ball joint problems and those with 35's and no gusets do it will become conventional wisdom I guess.
I still wish the damn things were greasable. On a street only vehicle I know the greaseless ball joints and ujoints do ok. But for our use we need to be able to flush them out with fresh grease after running trails.
I still wish the damn things were greasable. On a street only vehicle I know the greaseless ball joints and ujoints do ok. But for our use we need to be able to flush them out with fresh grease after running trails.