NEW BALL JOINT PROBLEMS
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NEW BALL JOINT PROBLEMS
i just put in the upper and lower ball joints, i went to add some grease and the bottom took well but the top on the other hand is messed up. when i started to pump it in, the bearing started to come out of the top!!!!!! i thought i had put to much in so i attempted to take the grease zert off and the ball joint SPINS!!! is it a bad ball joint? or is MOOG susposed to do that (i called O'rileys and they said some of them do that) or did i tighten it to much??????
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Can't say for sure because there a lot of mixed reviews on all of them.
When I do mine, I'm having the dealer do it. One, warranty (12 month, 12,000 miles), two I don't have time to do mine, three I don't have the tools. To me, the $1500 or so it's gonna cost is better than having me fight it and saving the $700 in labor.
I'll be close to 140,000 miles on mine when it goes in.
When I do mine, I'm having the dealer do it. One, warranty (12 month, 12,000 miles), two I don't have time to do mine, three I don't have the tools. To me, the $1500 or so it's gonna cost is better than having me fight it and saving the $700 in labor.
I'll be close to 140,000 miles on mine when it goes in.
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I hope it's the ball joints because i just took out the originals and the one I'm having a problem with now was a pain in the *** to get out, I had to use as much force as I could on the tool and then beat the side of the housing (it's a 3500 so it's got an AAM solid front end) I'm going to measure it tomorrow and see if it measures out the same as the old one
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just got off the phone with moog and they said that they have not heard of this problem and the only thing that they can think of is that the valleys for the grease to run into the boot is clogged and thats why its pushing it back out.
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just changed it out. must have been a defaulty ball joint bc the new one is TIGHT just the way i kike it!
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just got off the phone with moog and they said that they have not heard of this problem and the only thing that they can think of is that the valleys for the grease to run into the boot is clogged and thats why its pushing it back out.
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just changed it out. must have been a defaulty ball joint bc the new one is TIGHT just the way i kike it!
Last edited by helton87; 11-21-2011 at 04:43 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
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I hope it's the ball joints because i just took out the originals and the one I'm having a problem with now was a pain in the *** to get out, I had to use as much force as I could on the tool and then beat the side of the housing (it's a 3500 so it's got an AAM solid front end) I'm going to measure it tomorrow and see if it measures out the same as the old one
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just got off the phone with moog and they said that they have not heard of this problem and the only thing that they can think of is that the valleys for the grease to run into the boot is clogged and thats why its pushing it back out.
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just changed it out. must have been a defaulty ball joint bc the new one is TIGHT just the way i kike it!
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just got off the phone with moog and they said that they have not heard of this problem and the only thing that they can think of is that the valleys for the grease to run into the boot is clogged and thats why its pushing it back out.
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just changed it out. must have been a defaulty ball joint bc the new one is TIGHT just the way i kike it!