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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Got around 120,000 on my '05 3500 CTD Ram. Not sure what changes Dodge has made in the front, but in the 2005 the upper ball joint was really a king pin rather than a true ball joint. As such it comes from the factory with vertical play. That vertical play is sometimes mistaken for an out of spec joint requiring replacement.
