Since it's time to replace the ball joints on the 03, is there an upgraded after market part available? It seems I've been seeing tons of ball joint failures on 03/04 as of late (at least on the limited number I see now). A Google search found nothing and maybe that's the case.
Ball joint upgrade
- Thread starter terrormachine
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I got a set from NAPA that cost more than the Lemforder OEM and the lower didn't even last 1-year. Ended up having to replace the spindle as my original was allowing too much of the B-J threaded stud through the taper. You will know this when the spindle will no longer rotate before the upper nut is even halfway torqued up to spec. I found several threads when I was researching this but all of the OPs bright idea was to let off on the torque until the spindle had the ability to move again. One of the techs at JE Robison told me it was impossible for the taper machined into the spindle to enlarge with wear but I found that to be incorrect. Just a heads-up.
I had originally purchased a set of the OEs from EBay this 2nd go'round, that had the pink and green boot bands but the seller sent me a used/faulted set, like I wouldn't notice so I got some $20 ones from Bap-Geon on the fly. you should def get the Lemforder though.
I had originally purchased a set of the OEs from EBay this 2nd go'round, that had the pink and green boot bands but the seller sent me a used/faulted set, like I wouldn't notice so I got some $20 ones from Bap-Geon on the fly. you should def get the Lemforder though.
Cool, guess I'll just order some through work. Shouldn't be too much. Just a wasted Saturday off.