Ball Joints ?????

[Triathlete]

Its time for me to replace my worn ball joints. I have found Moog, McQuay, and Beck Arnley brand's on line. Anyone have experience with any of these brands? Quality? Fit? Bad experience's with any of them?

[Marlin]

I bought the generic ebay set, no problems, except I would paint them before putting them on, and you might as well do a front upper ball joint swap while you are at it.
At like 40 bucks for all 4, who cares if they are junk, they fit and they work. Especially as often as I tear my front end apart, its only a matter of time till I tear a boot or something.

[Triathlete]

I think I might try these. I don't need the rod ends but would be good for trail spares.

[Triathlete]

So, i went ahead and ordered the above set. They are "OE" brand. Several over on the Planet have had good luck with them. Plus they have zerk fittings for greasing. Total with shipping for 4 BJ's and 4 tie rod ends was just under $95. Will post some pics of them when they gey here.

[Marlin]

So, i went ahead and ordered the above set. They are "OE" brand. Several over on the Planet have had good luck with them. Plus they have zerk fittings for greasing. Total with shipping for 4 BJ's and 4 tie rod ends was just under $95. Will post some pics of them when they gey here.

IIRC the lowers do not have zircs, I have the same set, (one of the pair of ball joints did not have zircs or a spot for zircs). As I said, I would paint them before installing. They rust...fast.

[Triathlete]

As I said, I would paint them before installing. They rust...fast.

In Az that means in 10 years...but I will paint them anyways (I would hate to get an “I told you so”)!

[LittleBeast]

Are these still available somewhere?

[Ebenezr]

I ebayed a generic set of ball joints and tie rod ends and cv shafts when I bought my VX about 4 months. It snap crackled and popped and pulled left. After replacing these things It made ALL the difference. Like a new front end. Mine has 120,000 miles. By the way thanks to Marlin..I think it was Marlin on using a sledge hammer to dislodge the upper ball joint. I just came in from replacing the passenger side shaft. It only took two lame hits from a sledge and it popped apart. One hit on the tie rod end. Someone else mentioned turning the castle nut over and partly screwing it on to protect the threading. I did this too. Now that I've been through this a few times I am convinced it can be done in less than an hour.