ball joint eater

[kmack]

Bought my truck with 17" x 9.5 rims and 275x 50 tires.
Within 3 months I had to replace all 4 balljoints with excessive wear.
Don't think these front suspensions are engineered to support that much tire and that much offset:tdown:.
Running stock rims with 245/50's

 

[ty166]

Re: ball joint eater

typical... even non syty s-10 / 15's eat ball joints....... and idler arms....... and pitman arms....... if you don't like doing ball joint you bought the WRONG vehicle.....

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: ball joint eater

Is your truck lowered? They lower it is in the front with the factory suspension, the quicker it will wear out the ball joints.

 

[Damian]

Re: ball joint eater

Knock on wood, I haven't had ball joint issues and I've been lowered for years.

 

[JSM]

Re: ball joint eater

The ball joint /tire size is not the issue. What ride height do you have, what brand of ball joints are you buying and using.

 

[Chevymec]

Re: ball joint eater

What brand are you using? I had a Dodge truck that the customer wanted me to install some drive works ball joints. No problem until both snapped off about the joint about a month apart from each other. Another truck, 4x4 chevy used the same brand. Those lasted about 2 years. I only use Moog now because of that.