New ball joints fail after 50 miles
#1
New ball joints fail after 50 miles
I bought 4 new ball joints from napa about 85 each. Not even 50 miles later 3 out of the 4 are bad. loos with play already. Napa is giving me my money back for labor and the ball joints. The question is what ball joints should i get now? Moog or ones from chevy. please help me on this one befor i buy them Thanks smitty
#2
glad to hear that napa is sucking up the cost of the faulty parts. if you go through them again, you will be covered under Napa's 1 yr suspension parts warranty.
when i changed mine, i went with delcos BUT it was covered as part of an insurance settlement. if i was paying, i would have gone with the Napa/Cr Quest shelf brand
when i changed mine, i went with delcos BUT it was covered as part of an insurance settlement. if i was paying, i would have gone with the Napa/Cr Quest shelf brand
#3
This is where I got mine, though you can now get the same stuff through SynergyOffroad. Been in there for about a year and a half with no problems, though I haven't really abused them.
Edit: Oops, forgot the link and here it is: http://www.powerperformancemotorsports.com/main.sc
Edit: Oops, forgot the link and here it is: http://www.powerperformancemotorsports.com/main.sc
#6
I have used Moog parts many times with no trouble. One exception is on the GM press in type ball joints every manufacturer I tried had ball joints that were a few thousands of an inch bigger diameter than the GM parts and I could not get them to press in with out a hydraulic press. The GM parts went right in every time. I am surprised that 3 of 4 NAPA parts failed. Did you grease them after you put them on?
Last edited by terry s; 12-25-2009 at 01:07 AM.
#8
I a have gotten quite a few bad parts new mostly wheel bearings,distribitors, and sensors. But my guess is if three out of four failed out the box, i would never buy that brand part again. Or they were stressed to hard on the install, or maybe not tight enough. I had good luck with oriellys masterpro parts in fact i bough all four little over a year and a half ago and they said moog right them(lucky). I beat the hell out of my truck gravel roads, dirt/mud roads, construction jobsites, and even corn fields. All four still solid.