Ram Cummins/Aisin Failures
Been hearing and reading about Cummins, Emission and Aisin failures on the 5th gen Ram trucks. Cummins Failure
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Cummins12V98 wrote:FishOnOne wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:Me Again wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
A little more on the "Ball Joints" being bad. My truck is a pavement princess with no off roading no different than the guy in the video. Can't get much easier duty than my truck gets or his concerning ball joint wear.
Wait a minute here, I know for a fact that you drive on California highways all winter and commute North in the spring and South in the fall on I-5 in Northern California, which are similar to "off road" roads in other states.
No lateral stress like off road.
There's a lot of stress on the front end parts when towing a gooseneck/fifth wheel.
Are you kidding????? My 6k pin adds around 175# to the steer axle, THAT will do nothing to cause stress on the front components.
My hitch is full forward to be clear. If this guy adds 100# to his front axle with the RV's he is towing I would be shocked.
If it adds so much stress then my front end should be toast at 102k.
I too tow pretty heavy no where near what you tow ,but as far as I know my ball joints are good at 70K . Getting my drag link replaced ,whenever that happens . After that is done ,I will get it aligned by an independent alignment shop that only does alignment . I'm sure they check ball joints ,but I will make sure .
