SargeW
Site Team
I need some input from the 4 by wizards. The Rubi has 74K on the clock, and another 100K being pulled behind 3, soon to be 4 different motor homes. I noticed that steering wheel was off center by just a few inches, and had been perfectly centered for the last 9 years. I took it to a shop and they immediately diagnosed it as the upper ball joints being shot. He showed me the slack in them while the Jeep was up in the air on the rack.
I didn't have time to get it done at that shop, as we were leaving the next day. I must throw in here that the Jeep still drives great and doesn't pull or wobble. The shop recommended only using Moog Ball Joints, saying that they were much superior to others. I still have the OE ball joints in it, and they have went about 170K miles, so they can't be too bad.
I plan on getting them done when I get back to Mississippi in a week. I also noted while researching them that Moog makes a few different kinds of ball joints. Some are solid, and other have a few degrees of adjustability built in, which cost much more. Other than a set of leveling coils I put on when the Jeep was new to compensate for the weight of the bumper and winch, it is completely stock other than some adjustable Rancho Shocks. So are the adjustable ball joints necessary, or are the unadjustable ones appropriate for my application?
What do you think guys?
I didn't have time to get it done at that shop, as we were leaving the next day. I must throw in here that the Jeep still drives great and doesn't pull or wobble. The shop recommended only using Moog Ball Joints, saying that they were much superior to others. I still have the OE ball joints in it, and they have went about 170K miles, so they can't be too bad.
I plan on getting them done when I get back to Mississippi in a week. I also noted while researching them that Moog makes a few different kinds of ball joints. Some are solid, and other have a few degrees of adjustability built in, which cost much more. Other than a set of leveling coils I put on when the Jeep was new to compensate for the weight of the bumper and winch, it is completely stock other than some adjustable Rancho Shocks. So are the adjustable ball joints necessary, or are the unadjustable ones appropriate for my application?
What do you think guys?
