Snedge
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Anybody know how to easily get partially chewed Subway out of a keyboard?
Sorry. Do you have a dog?
Anybody know how to easily get partially chewed Subway out of a keyboard?
No, I mean when you said 2wd was for cars and then talked about the wife's Buick...surely you don't make her drive 2wd?
Anybody know how to easily get partially chewed Subway out of a keyboard?
Ours is just front wheel drive. Had zero issues this past winter with it. Fwd or two, is less parts to go bad, less weight to haul around, and usually better fuel mileage.No, I mean when you said 2wd was for cars and then talked about the wife's Buick...surely you don't make her drive 2wd?
Chris
That's what I always thought, I have a random pop I keep hearing on my left side up front when turning. Last week I did the crow bar test along with the shakey shake test and I couldn't get anything to budge. Parked it yesterday and looked at front end, the left front tire is definitely tilted in a good amount at the top. Going to redo the crow bar test today but why it didn't show up last week doesn't make sense. Just bought brand new toyo AT3's so I'm not trying to trash them.I have a feeling it's time for ball joints.
Best way to test them to jack it up and put a bar under the tire?
That's what I always thought, I have a random pop I keep hearing on my left side up front when turning. Last week I did the crow bar test along with the shakey shake test and I couldn't get anything to budge. Parked it yesterday and looked at front end, the left front tire is definitely tilted in a good amount at the top. Going to redo the crow bar test today but why it didn't show up last week doesn't make sense. Just bought brand new toyo AT3's so I'm not trying to trash them.
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Ball joints are a touchy subject on these Dodge Rams. We hear it SO often, that with 15,000 miles on the truck, customers are being told by repair shops that their ball joints are already worn out. I have really never seen OEM Mopar ball joints with less that 75,000 miles, that NEEDED to be replaced, and I have seen ball joints with 200,000 miles that were fine. The main confusion is vertical movement through the joints. Vertical movement through the ball joints is totally normal, and the truck comes off the dealer lot like this. Lateral/side-to-side slop is what we don't want, and what should be checked for. I can't tell you how often shops will put a pry bar under the knuckle, show the customer the vertical play, and maybe unknowing, sell a big money job that does not need to be done. Maybe they do know what they are doing. Hard to say. Just be careful and smart on this.
I also have run into many times ball joints being seized up. This is a HUGE factor on handling. If the ball joints are locking up internally, the truck will almost never want to drive itself straight(caster forces). These caster forces need a very slippery free-moving set of ball joints, to let the truck self center, as you drive down the road. If you keep replacing components and the truck just always seems to wander all over the road, check and make sure the steering knuckles are nice and loose, smooth, and swing easy. I mostly see this with aftermarket ball joints, even with the very high end aftermarket ones.
I have an 08 cab n chassis flatbed, and it drives great.
I've replaced the ball joints and some of the steering linkage with Oriely chit. it has 235k miles on it
I get maybe 12k miles out of frt tires, I quit rotating them and just replace the frts only, But other than that the truck drives good.
So what's the best way to check side to side slop?
Park it on concrete, with the truck running, and have someone crank the steering wheel left and right, and get under the truck and look.
On edit: It's better to have a bunch of broken shit than nothing at all I guess. Life is good. I just get really tired of fixing shit every day of my life.
I know how you feel. My Shutoff Solenoid burnt up last night and I ran over something on the way in this morning and ruined a tire....:kick:
well on the birhgt side you have plenty of rut to fill in from the delivery....my dirt guy brought me in 6 loads of shell...most of it got used to fill the ruts he left comin in where it was soft...i got sand here tho