I just ordered upper ball joints w/ control arms!!!
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I just ordered upper ball joints w/ control arms!!!
Hey everyone, I finally got around to ordering upper ball joints w/ control arms from www.rockauto.com & they are MOOG brand! I can't wait till they come in so that I can get an allignment... FINALLY!
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Originally Posted by EdGe_wannabe
I thought that the upper ball joints were inseperatable?
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let me clear this up
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
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Originally Posted by 04 EDGE
let me clear this up
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
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Nope, Moog actually makes a ball joint that replaces it. What happened is the ball joint pushes out through the top which means you've gotta push it out from the pecker end of the ball joint which is completely *** backwards from other ball joints and if you do it wrong you'll fracture the ball joint. I was lucky enough to do upper and lower ball joints when I worked at a GM dealer because the used car department didn't want to buy the whole control arm for 140 some dollars a piece. It paid 6 hours and because of those ball joints it took every bit of 5 hours. For the bs you go through to change them it probably is just easier to buy the whole arm. Oh and a word of advice: Before you remove the old control arms if you're doing it yourself take a can of spray paint and paint over the bolts and the arms and then make comparisons when you do the new ones so it's close enough on camber and caster to even drive to get aligned. Plus if you bring it to them too far out they will sell you a cam kit for your truck to fix the alignment even though it doesn't need one.
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let me clear this up
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
moog does NOT offer a replacement balljoint for the factory upper arms for rangers with torsion bar front ends. you will have to replace the entire arm. now when replacing the upper arm with a moog part you can replace just the balljoint if needed.
however on factory coil spring front end rangers you can replace just the balljoint and not the entire upper arm.
the moog upper arms are 100 times better then the stock units.
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Are the control arms the same in a lifted ranger.
I've got a 2000 ranger 4x4. It's a 4.0... torsion bar suspension... the truck had a suspension lift kit with a drop spindle in the past. It has sat undriven for awhile..... I need help choosing parts... upper and lower ball joints. Inner outer tie rods.sway bar link bushings and wheel bearings.. that's the parts he told me need replaced.
My main question is,, I see that most upper ball joints come with the upper control arm... but since my truck was lifted I'm unsure if the control arm is stock or different now.
I see kits from Detroit axle with all I need. But I'm having a hard time finding upper ball joints that arent sold with the upper arm on it already... and when I do find ball joints without the arms, they say specifically "will not fit oe control arm"....
On rock auto some of the ball joints specify and say "2" ball joint" some dont..don't... sooo... i definitely need help ordering these parts.
My main question is,, I see that most upper ball joints come with the upper control arm... but since my truck was lifted I'm unsure if the control arm is stock or different now.
I see kits from Detroit axle with all I need. But I'm having a hard time finding upper ball joints that arent sold with the upper arm on it already... and when I do find ball joints without the arms, they say specifically "will not fit oe control arm"....
On rock auto some of the ball joints specify and say "2" ball joint" some dont..don't... sooo... i definitely need help ordering these parts.
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