6.5 years and 146,187 miles and I had to replace both inner and both outer tie rods. I'm going to do both sway bar end links as well because the new ones are greaseable. My tie rods were going since early Spring, but I greased the heck out of them, and they were good till now.

Knock on wood, my ball joints haven't went completely out, and same with my steering box. I'm going to do those about the same time my tires are in need of replacement.

 

I'm gonna try to be "nice" about it...

But I got tired of fixing my ram. That's why I have a ford now.

I had an 05 Ram 2500 w/hemi. Bought @50k miles in 07, I blew the transmission in Feb 08 @68k miles. FULL rebuild. At 89k miles, I had to replace Upper and lower ball joints, tie rods, wheel hubs/bearings, O2 sensors, master cylinder, and lower intermediate steering shaft.

Plus one of the 2 cats were bad, and they only sold them as a set from Dodge for $1,200. Between all those issue, chewing through tires, and single digit mileage... I doubt I'll ever own one again.

~Former Mopar Fan.

 

Last trucking ever did was my f150 did upper and lower ball joints track bar.after 3 yrs if owning it and 89900, then it popped a tire rod off backing out of my driveway

Sent from my dumb phone!

 

I put two sets of cheap ball joints in in one year Then I switched to Moog and even those only lasted me two years.... Damn New England roads

 

only put front hubs once or twice in 100,000 front steering linkage few other small things front drive shaft,ball joints are still tight as drum, but what can you do it has a towing life and the truck is almost 10 years old it has only started need stuff and it lives in the northeast

 

The guy I bought my truck from replaced them at 8 years and 189K

 

New England Roads have killed every solid axle vehicle I owned

 

I am only 2 wheel drive, and no lift so I am pretty easy on the front end. I replaced upper and lower ball joints at around 200K, and I have one lower going out now at 250K. All the tie rod ends pitman arm, and other steering linkage is factory. Same story with U-Joints, I have replaced the rear joint going into the diff, and the rest are all stock and still tight.

 

Amen.

 

yup time to do ball joints again just did them at 80,000 miles total wiped the pass out and the driver side is far behind i'm sure and only have 110,000 or so any one know what MOOG wattenty is ?? cause these haven been in the truck very long but it doesn't help you put huge truck like that in small drive thurs it's not meant to bunce any around the city hit every curb and small animal with it doesn't help things she's tow rig not a sports car!!