Ball joints and wheel hub discussion

CurtisF · Nov 18, 2011

Zaairman said:
I've had Moogs in my truck for 50K now with 0 issues.... You've just gotta keep them greased.

Yeah I have been pretty religious about that, and still have problems with them. Not really sure why either. I even cut down on my off-roading by quite a bit :naughty:

Dmstrucks02 · Nov 18, 2011

I have moogs also, been in about a year and a half but my tires are starting to wear on the inside so they might be bad again. Ill be keeping an eye on this thread

Austin · Nov 18, 2011

12,000 miles on the cheapo replacements from rock auto. No issues.

Lol I got all 4 shipped to me for 54 bucks I think.

Dmstrucks02 · Nov 18, 2011

I need to start doing them myself, shop charges A LOT to do ball joints

Austin · Nov 18, 2011

It is a bitch to do. But once you know what you are doing it only takes 3 or 4 hours.

Tom S · Nov 21, 2011

Gonna try Raybestos Pro Grade on my Dana 60. They are new name for the Dana/Spicer ones.

GreenMachine · Nov 22, 2011

Pruddddy sure i got a ball joint pop. I am definetly going to be heated since i just typed that the xrf's were dong well after 10k

caladash · Nov 22, 2011

GreenMachine said:
Pruddddy sure i got a ball joint pop. I am definetly going to be heated since i just typed that the xrf's were dong well after 10k

Well poo..... Are you lifted any?

GreenMachine · Nov 22, 2011

caladash said:
Well poo..... Are you lifted any?

No sir, the regular cab in my avatar. I have been hanging the plow on lately, but im certain that wouldnt kill it that quickly.

CurtisF · Nov 22, 2011

Tom S said:
Gonna try Raybestos Pro Grade on my Dana 60. They are new name for the Dana/Spicer ones.

Where do you get those from?

Tom S · Nov 23, 2011

Rock Auto Curtis

Zaairman · Nov 26, 2011

All this talk about wheel bearings, and my left front cheeeeepo from O'Reilly auto starts humming. Ordered a new one (either Raybestos or Timken, I forget) from Rock Auto. :hammer:

CurtisF · Nov 29, 2011

Well I decided to go with the Timken wheel hub assembly and the Raybestos/Spicer ball joints. We'll see how long these hold up.

Jeff@Spartan · Nov 29, 2011

My Spicer's are doing great.

Tampa450 · Nov 29, 2011

I just paid a shop $390 to install all 4 new XRF's I had, and do an alignment.

I got the XRF's a year ago for about $100 shipped.

The stock ones lasted me 180k

I put new swaybar links on too, the old ones were shot.

Everything feels pretty good now... Ill see how they hold up...

I havent had any problems with my stock ESOF hubs yet.... I was actually just on Guzzle's website today tho, and decided Im going to service the needle bearings and replace all the seals soon.
http://www.guzzle7pt3.com/nblube.php

bigwheel · Nov 30, 2011

Curtis let me know how that Timken works for you. That is what I put in my truck and seems to be working good so far.

MadDiesel73 · Dec 24, 2011

whats the better ball joints the spicer or raybestos? i see the raybestos have a lifetime parts and LABOR warranty.. how the hell?? its no cheap job so swap out balljoints

https://venturestruckparts.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_25

G Racing · Dec 24, 2011

MadDiesel73 said:
whats the better ball joints the spicer or raybestos? i see the raybestos have a lifetime parts and LABOR warranty.. how the hell?? its no cheap job so swap out balljoints

https://venturestruckparts.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_25

Couldn't find the info on the warranty. the warranty may be for manufacture defect only.