Bad ball joints on new HDs???

From : paul johnson

Q: i was just talking to my brother who has a 2004 3500 w/12000 miles on it cummins 6-speed. he took the truck to a tire shop because he noticed cupping on his front tires. they told him his ball joints were loose. armed with that he went to the dealer and they admitted they had several 04s with that problem and they didnt know when they would get the parts for a fix. i searched google for threads on the subject and only found a discussion of durangos and dakotas. has anyone else heard of or experienced this ball joint problem on the 2500s or 3500s paul johnson .

Replies:

From : kodiak

i have a 95 2500 4x4 with a v10. had to change both kingpins lower balljoint and never did any offroading. also had to change bpth tierod ends and trackbar and now i just noticed the steering box is loose. i think all this bad stuff is attributed mostly to riding with high pressure in the tires 60psi. i think its worst on a deisel because of the weight on the front end. also the brake rotors really suck had to change them very early. ....kodiak i was just talking to my brother who has a 2004 3500 w/12000 miles on it cummins 6-speed. he took the truck to a tire shop because he noticed cupping on his front tires. they told him his ball joints were loose. armed with that he went to the dealer and they admitted they had several 04s with that problem and they didnt know when they would get the parts for a fix. i searched google for threads on the subject and only found a discussion of durangos and dakotas. has anyone else heard of or experienced this ball joint problem on the 2500s or 3500s paul johnson .

From : gene

thats dodge ! my truck has 236000 miles...no engine/tranny issues..but rotors & calipers..wow! at least 5 times ! .

From : paul johnson

i have a 95 2500 4x4 with a v10. had to change both kingpins lower balljoint and never did any offroading. also had to change bpth tierod ends and trackbar and now i just noticed the steering box is loose. i think all this bad stuff is attributed mostly to riding with high pressure in the tires 60psi. i think its worst on a deisel because of the weight on the front end. also the brake rotors really suck had to change them very early. ...kodiak i havent had ball joint/front end problems with my 95 v-10 2500 except for a bad u-joint but i agree about the brakes. my first rotors were gone by 30000 and i have had to replace rotors and calipers again since then 91000 now. paul johnson .

From : pds

i just had to replace my ball joints and a u joint on my 2001 1500 with off-road package. just purchased this truck last january with 36k. it now has about 39k. total repair cost about $800. ouch. fortunately my service contract covered about half of the repair. i was just talking to my brother who has a 2004 3500 w/12000 miles on it cummins 6-speed. he took the truck to a tire shop because he noticed cupping on his front tires. they told him his ball joints were loose. armed with that he went to the dealer and they admitted they had several 04s with that problem and they didnt know when they would get the parts for a fix. i searched google for threads on the subject and only found a discussion of durangos and dakotas. has anyone else heard of or experienced this ball joint problem on the 2500s or 3500s paul johnson .

From : Annonymous

thank god for extended service contracts. 2001 1500 driven back and forth to work on interstate. 43684 miles idler arm & pitman arm replaced $422.93. 44580 miles transmission gone cost $127.92 out of my pocket to repair rest to extended service agreement. valve body solenoids and transducer replacement. bk on 2 jul 2004 114353 -0700 shanep00@yahoo.com pds wrote i just had to replace my ball joints and a u joint on my 2001 1500 with off-road package. just purchased this truck last january with 36k. it now has about 39k. total repair cost about $800. ouch. fortunately my service contract covered about half of the repair. i was just talking to my brother who has a 2004 3500 w/12000 miles on it cummins 6-speed. he took the truck to a tire shop because he noticed cupping on his front tires. they told him his ball joints were loose. armed with that he went to the dealer and they admitted they had several 04s with that problem and they didnt know when they would get the parts for a fix. i searched google for threads on the subject and only found a discussion of durangos and dakotas. has anyone else heard of or experienced this ball joint problem on the 2500s or 3500s paul johnson .