New ball joints needed at 30,000 miles?
We have a 2012 Ram 2500. Just turned 30,000 miles. Brought it in for a recall and oil change, and found that both upper and lower ball joints are shot. Does that seem right? We only haul our 5th w...
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nano wrote:
Oh, and the reason I mentioned our towing miles is because the dealership said that towing will wear out the ball joints. (But we've learned a long time ago not to take dealers' word as gospel.)
Well, it can. But not at 300 miles per year. I tow 20,000+ miles a year, and still get 100k+ out of my ball joints. But, I don't have a diesel. All the diesels tend to eat ball joints.
