Harry5150
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- Santa Clarita, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 05 Dodge Durango Limited
I just changed my lower ball joints and outboard tie rod ends last night. Steering is significantly tighter and there is less "floating" on the freeway. Also, it doesn't seem to crunch as much.
I'll have to drive over some speed bumps at full lock this weekend. I still need to do the uppers but that I'll be another project when I get some additional money.
It took about 40 minutes to do one side and isn't terribly hard.
I kinda modified the install. I didn't completely remove the spindle like you're supposed to, I only disconnected the bottom of the spindle to save time.
Here's a little write up of the project. It's hosted on my computer at home so it may take a while to load all the pictures.
Feel free to comment / critique.
http://www.haroh.com:22/explorer/ball_joint.html
I'll have to drive over some speed bumps at full lock this weekend. I still need to do the uppers but that I'll be another project when I get some additional money.
It took about 40 minutes to do one side and isn't terribly hard.
I kinda modified the install. I didn't completely remove the spindle like you're supposed to, I only disconnected the bottom of the spindle to save time.
Here's a little write up of the project. It's hosted on my computer at home so it may take a while to load all the pictures.
Feel free to comment / critique.
http://www.haroh.com:22/explorer/ball_joint.html
