dana 35 ball joints
- Thread starter blh0007
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Jack the truck up so the weight is off both wheels. If you can wiggle the tire 1/32" with the lug nuts torqued properly, you have at least one bad ball joint.
I would think that bad alignment could wear ball joints prematurely, but I am not entirely sure. It seems logical, but not necessarily true.
I would think that bad alignment could wear ball joints prematurely, but I am not entirely sure. It seems logical, but not necessarily true.
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I have bad alignment and a bad ball joint, among other things. Don't know if one lead to the other or if a 3rd thing caused both. For a ball joint, from what my friend showed me, if you can move it easily around it's bad.
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to check your ball joints,
jack up the truck, under the beam, till the tire is 4-5 inches off the ground.
then take fence post/jack handle etc and put it under the tire like this
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then have someone lift up on the fence post, and watch for play in your balloints.
jack up the truck, under the beam, till the tire is 4-5 inches off the ground.
then take fence post/jack handle etc and put it under the tire like this
O_______
then have someone lift up on the fence post, and watch for play in your balloints.
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