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Old 03-10-2011, 12:16 PM
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Well my 3.75" backspacing is ruining my ball joints way to fast. Whats the best you've used. Ive heard stick to spicer..
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Spicer and Moog are good quality parts. Stay away from the no name ebay stuff from China.
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Pretty sure i can get moog at work
.. wat about u joints?
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A few have had some problems with Moog recently, which is disappointing.

I go with Spicer.
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Ok what ive been hearing. Where can i get spicers ball joints?
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Ok what ive been hearing. Where can i get spicers ball joints?
sixstaes distributers has spicer everything and goood prices!
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Why not check out the CF Vendors?
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Quick ball joint question.. I need to replace mine since I'm having some steering issues with it being loose and a little bit of death wobble. I haven't replaced them since I've owned the jeep, going on 2 years now, and I run 33s on spacers.

My question is.. Am I replacing the top and bottom or just one or the other?
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Wellll I'd replace all of them so the upper and lower on each side. Google the YouTube video on how to replace them a guy literally does the whole thing and video tapes it.
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Quick ball joint question.. I need to replace mine since I'm having some steering issues with it being loose and a little bit of death wobble. I haven't replaced them since I've owned the jeep, going on 2 years now, and I run 33s on spacers.

My question is.. Am I replacing the top and bottom or just one or the other?
You're going to have the knuckle off, you might as well replace all of them at the same time.
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All four.
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spend a few extra bucks and make sure the ball joints and ujoints are the greasable kind. i like moog, and never had any issues/ make sure you grease the ujoints after mudding/water crossings, or they will likely make a very annoying squeaking sound...
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I'm going to balance my tires this paycheck, since they were balanced for 31s (on 33s now) and some weights may have fallen off. Plus when driving highway speeds, it's a bit rough.

Then next check I'm going to get Frank's 4 set of quality balljoints for like $180. Greasable and all!
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Personally if you can find them I prefer the good factory spicer ball joints those are the best.
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