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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GeoBoy wrote:brooks379 wrote:
I've seen ball joints wear out in 30,000 mile. They are the non grease able ball joints the big 3 US Auto makers use on trucks .I have a F 350 with only 2 grease zerts on the whole front end. Get them replaced with quality grease able ball joints and u joints while it's apart, grease them with good quality grease and you will probably never replace them again.
A co-worker has a 2015 Ram 3500 dually and no grease fittings, my 2015 GMC Sierra 3500HD dually has 8 grease fittings. Why don't all the truck mfg. have grease fittings on the front suspensions? It cannot be due to cost savings.
Probably due to costs savings... Having said that not all non grease able ball joints are bad.
I rotated the tires on my truck (with no grease able ball joints) with 84k miles and couldn't feel any slop in any ball joints.
