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if you are talking about lower ball joints
the labor is 1 hour per side...on newer rangers and the cost on the ball joint is about $45.. but at a shop they mark up the price on the parts...
if it was done a my shop it would be
2 hours labor $180
2 Ball Joints $125
Alignment $60
~ $ 365...
labor is the same for uppers but the part is like $100 per ball joint because it is the whole upper contol arm...
the labor is 1 hour per side...on newer rangers and the cost on the ball joint is about $45.. but at a shop they mark up the price on the parts...
if it was done a my shop it would be
2 hours labor $180
2 Ball Joints $125
Alignment $60
~ $ 365...
labor is the same for uppers but the part is like $100 per ball joint because it is the whole upper contol arm...
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Originally Posted by TReff
if you are talking about lower ball joints
the labor is 1 hour per side...on newer rangers and the cost on the ball joint is about $45.. but at a shop they mark up the price on the parts...
if it was done a my shop it would be
2 hours labor $180
2 Ball Joints $125
Alignment $60
~ $ 365...
labor is the same for uppers but the part is like $100 per ball joint because it is the whole upper contol arm...
the labor is 1 hour per side...on newer rangers and the cost on the ball joint is about $45.. but at a shop they mark up the price on the parts...
if it was done a my shop it would be
2 hours labor $180
2 Ball Joints $125
Alignment $60
~ $ 365...
labor is the same for uppers but the part is like $100 per ball joint because it is the whole upper contol arm...
why do you have to align the truck? or are you saying that they take the arms off the vechicle? if you do it yourself, its possible to do it without removing the arms, therefore, no alignment needed
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Originally Posted by Gearhead61
But you have to remove the spindle/knuckle in order to get the ball joint off right? So you'd still need an alignment?
no
those are attached to the upper and rear arms with the balljoints, the bolts holding the arms to the frame is whats involved with the alignment
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If it's a 98+ Ranger, the lower ball joints can be pressed out of the lower control arm like any other ball joint. If it's the upper call joints, you have to replace the control arm and ball joint together, since Ford made them as one unit (another of Ford's great ideas). I believe they are about $115 a piece of Ford. However, Moog makes a replacement enhanced control arm where the ball joint can be pressed out separately. Either way you'll need to get new control arms
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so if i were to crank my torsion bars which part or parts of the ball joints would that mess with the most. i ask because i have read that cranking them puts stress on them and that they will wear out faster. i am trying to get the guts up to crank em though. but wanted to know how much money i could be looking at to fix a problem that might arise. thanks everyone.
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Originally Posted by yonderman13
so if i were to crank my torsion bars which part or parts of the ball joints would that mess with the most. i ask because i have read that cranking them puts stress on them and that they will wear out faster. i am trying to get the guts up to crank em though. but wanted to know how much money i could be looking at to fix a problem that might arise. thanks everyone.
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