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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Wes Tausend wrote:brooks379 wrote:
Truck dealers can charge a lot of money to replace the cheap Ball/U joint they put in trucks. I have never had to replace a Spicer or Moog grease able joint after I installed them and always used quality grease regularly with them. You can talk until the cows come home but in the end you need.... QUALITY GREASE ABLE BALL/U JOINTS.... We have owned a lot of big semi's and heavy duty pick ups and it all comes down to Quality parts and Quality grease !!
Then there is the question: Do ball joints always maintain an adequate film of grease on their contact surface?
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I would think with a thick viscous grease and identical mating surfaces (ball and cup) that there will always be a thin boundary layer of greese. Also I like to use grease that contains moly as that creates a very slippery surface.
