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Old 12-05-2007, 07:07 AM
red99powerstroke red99powerstroke is offline
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upper & lower ball joints

What is better? Grease able ball joints or sealed? And what kind?
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Old 12-05-2007, 07:10 AM
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Well, if you are good about you rmaintnance, go with the greasable.. they might last longer. I perfer them personally...

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Old 12-05-2007, 03:48 PM
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Moog makes a very good balljoint. I prefer greaseable but some people have the fittings hit the axle. We have two trucks with the fittings and you couldn't get two sheets of paper between them and the axle.Mine has greaseable but they are plugged.
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Old 12-05-2007, 04:05 PM
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i just put in new moog ball joints last weekend. They are greasable. I had to grind down the zerks so they wouldn't hit the u-joints. Sure made a difference in the handling.
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Old 12-06-2007, 04:16 AM
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Parts

Moog is a good brand to install in your truck. I personal like NAPA Chasise. There part have a good warrrenty and they are made in the USA. Not say that the Moog is not but just providing another good brand to pick from. Go to your local NAPA and ask for a comparison.
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Old 12-06-2007, 05:17 AM
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I bought the ball joint kit from powerstrokeshop.com. It comes with Moog upper and lower ball joints plus all of the seals. I have several wholesale parts accounts here in town and still could not beat the price. The upper grease zerk will not have turn clearance. I greased the upper ball joint then removed the zerk before installing the yoke. When I grease the chassis, I remove the front wheels, remove the upper ball joint plug, and reinstall the zerk to grease the uppers. It's a little tedious, but at least I know that they have grease in them.

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Old 12-06-2007, 07:06 AM
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I just got my kit installed that i got from powerstrokeshop.com and it was great. Moog ball joints are all I would put in a truck I cared about. They are greaseable and very high quality. All the balljoints and all the seals for $248.00 plus shipping is a smokin deal. check them out for sure.
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Old 12-06-2007, 01:36 PM
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Yeah i forgot to mention that i also bought my kit from powerstrokeshop.com for $248 plus shipping. Comes with all the axle seals and all the ball joints. You will need to make a homemade tool for putting on the new axle seal. i made one from an 8inch piece of 1 1/4 pipe, with a cap on one end and a floor mount on the other. Then the floor mount will have to be ground down just a little to fit inside the seal. Works sweet. I can take a pic of it if you want. There is a sweet right up on this project with pics and all. Its under seven.three.superdutypsd.com If that doesn't work just type it in with a google search.
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Old 12-06-2007, 05:16 PM
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Powerstrokeshop.com's price is pretty good but my brother got his for $240 at our local auto parts stores. We would have gotten them from those guys but we forgot about their deal until after we did them. Getting everything in one spot would have been a lot nicer though.
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