Ball bearings!!

In all the videos I watched it seemed pretty straight forward on removing the hubs, what things were done wrong to have to replace hubs? Being that I am in korea, i wont work on it until I getback in nov unless someone else does the work. So moog expensive, got it. Ill keep lookin

MOOG's are sold as top of the line here.

When I put them on my Ford i could have saved a bundle by going with the house brand from ORilley's.

By the way, It just may be a matter of how bad the ball joints are. I don't know what the tolerance is.

Just be prepared to have to replace the hubs. they need to be removed to do the BJ`s. and in the process may be destroyed doing so. I`ve saved a few, but replaced more while doing a set of BJ`s!

45Ricochet wrote:
Their from China now I believe. No real good options like everything else.

X2, my front end guy of 30 years says they all suck. Rick you are correct, Moog now outsourced...............or so I have been told. :M

Sounds like a rip-off. I had LOF, transmission flush, front brakes rebuilt (including new rotors) and one front wheel bearing replaced on my '01 F350 4X4 for around $1,400.

Their from China now I believe. No real good options like everything else.

So its not the ball bearing, its the upper and lower ball joints. She didnt take it to a dealership, she took it to a local shop in annapolis md. I watch 3 hours of youtubes videos on changing these out. 2100.00 presents the holy WOW factor. People are complete A HOLES for taking advantage of others like this. What is wrong with people?
Tks for all the input from everyone. I guess my only question now is which brand do I order? Anyone see one set of ball joints better than another? A lot of the videos I watched had a product called MOOG. Any comments?

Not sure how one hub can cost $2100 what I would question is who told her or called it a "wheel bearing"? It is a hub and any dealer would call it a hub. If they are replacing both you might hit the $2100 but not for one.

Did she in fact take it to a Chrysler dealer? If so please PM me.

Don

In the rust belt things rust badly that seem odd to others! and yes a Cummins oil pan, as I said earlier, can and do rust! The hubs are a PAIN to replace on a 3/4-1 ton truck (dodge). people love big trucks, till things fail....then they hate the big repair bills! If you can`t pay, don`t play!

I just had the front bearing units replaced on a 2001 Dodge 1500 4X4. A little under $400 for the hubs from O'Reilly, and $364 at Tire-Rama for the installation. While they had it apart, I had them replace both front axle shaft u-joints.
I have driven some very old vehicles in my life, and I have never had a rusted out oil pan! My son is driving a 1994 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD with 279K on it, that was used in California and Montana for most of its life. It still, as far as we know, has the original oil pan.
Yes, definitely, find a better mechanic!