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- Joined
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- Location
- Lancaster, Ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 2016
- Make / Model
- Chevy 3500HD
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 6.6L
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 5"
- Tire Size
- 35"
My front differential seal is leaking all my gear oil out. I was also told when I took it in for an estimate that one of my lower ball joints was going bad. The truck has 65K miles on a stock setup.
I lifted the truck up on a jack and grabbed the tires at 6 and 12 and jerked like hell. I got NO movement at all. IIRC that means that the balljoints, while may be GOING bad, are not in all that bad of shape.
Am I correct in my thinking? Or is there some other test I should be doing?
You could say a brand new trucks joints were going bad, because as soon as they become used for the first time, they are no longer new, and therefore on their way to going out...
I lifted the truck up on a jack and grabbed the tires at 6 and 12 and jerked like hell. I got NO movement at all. IIRC that means that the balljoints, while may be GOING bad, are not in all that bad of shape.
Am I correct in my thinking? Or is there some other test I should be doing?
You could say a brand new trucks joints were going bad, because as soon as they become used for the first time, they are no longer new, and therefore on their way to going out...
