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Title says it all. New steering box, track arm, steering linkages tie rod links, hub bearing assembly, drag links, control arms, ball joints, new bushings, brakes, rotors, calipers, axel u-joints shocks and springs. Yeah, a good deal of work to do.
Ordered some parts and have purchased an new torque wrench to reach 275 ft pounds, an huge breaker bar and ball joint remover/install tool kit. Not counting the parts I'm $400+ with tools I've had to aquire for this install. I'm pretty confident doing this repair job and hope to save some cash doing this myself. Any of you think it's worth doing it on your own?
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It cost me 1200 with parts about 3 years on a 2004. I could work all the overtime I wanted then, so it was easier to pay than work on truck when I could make 70.00 an hour OT. Now I’d think about doing it myself
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I think I'll be at least 3k in parts. The ball joints alone were $800, each u-joint is $80+.
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don't remember the cost of the parts, but it was way cheaper buying them from amazon, I did my 4x4 duelly 4 yrs ago.
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If you have the time and the tools, its definitely worth doing it your self.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge.
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Just had a 2011 Ram 3500 4x4 done. EVERYTHING including new U Joints, calibers, hubs... whole front end. including alignment and tire rotation/re-balance.
$850 in labor... $1,100 in my supplied parts IIRC (Moog/Raybestos et al from Rock Auto).
12-16 hours of labor I think. Best shop I know.
Many parts are becoming very hard to find.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Funny. Ignorant, but funny.................
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Right? My last Ram had three rear ends put in. What a POS.
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So what's the story ?
Have a local guy I know...'16-17 Ram w/Cummins...50K miles
Had to have the whole front end rebuilt...
Good thing he bought an extended warranty...but he had to fight tooth & nail
Just to have OEM Mopar parts replaced ?
Got it back & sold it.
Then went and bought a '19 Ram/Cummins with 20K on it
Slow learner eh ?
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Title says it all. New steering box, track arm, steering linkages tie rod links, hub bearing assembly, drag links, control arms, ball joints, new bushings, brakes, rotors, calipers, axel u-joints shocks and springs. Yeah, a good deal of work to do.
Ordered some parts and have purchased an new torque wrench to reach 275 ft pounds, an huge breaker bar and ball joint remover/install tool kit. Not counting the parts I'm $400+ with tools I've had to aquire for this install. I'm pretty confident doing this repair job and hope to save some cash doing this myself. Any of you think it's worth doing it on your own? You'll still have a Dodge after all that work.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Funny. Ignorant, but funny................. How many Dodge trucks have you owned? I’ve had several and speak from experience.
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. I'm pretty confident doing this repair job and hope to save some cash doing this myself. Any of you think it's worth doing it on your own? I would do it myself because I trust my work more than somebody trying to beat a flat-rate clock. And I enjoy being able to do such work.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Funny. Ignorant, but funny................. How many Dodge trucks have you owned? I’ve had several and speak from experience. I’m on my 5th one. 3 1500’s and now on my 2nd diesel 2500. The only one that I replaced ball joints on was my 2003 2500, at about 260k miles. I’ve upgraded shock absorbers on most of them, and replaced the front wheel bearings on my current one at 180k miles. It now has 193k. Suspension and steering repairs have not been an issue on any of the trucks I’ve owned. The Nissan 4X4 I had in the late 80’s needed more upkeep than the Rams I’ve owned. Maybe I’m easier on my vehicles, I don’t use oversized wheels or run crazy offsets. I use decent tires (Michelin’s) and keep them balanced. I use my truck, and frequently tow up to 10k with it, but I don’t beat it to death either.
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I would also suggest an alignment using Thuren specs. Made a huge difference on my 2007 3500.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Funny. Ignorant, but funny................. How many Dodge trucks have you owned? I’ve had several and speak from experience. I’m on my 5th one. 3 1500’s and now on my 2nd diesel 2500. The only one that I replaced ball joints on was my 2003 2500, at about 260k miles. I’ve upgraded shock absorbers on most of them, and replaced the front wheel bearings on my current one at 180k miles. It now has 193k. Suspension and steering repairs have not been an issue on any of the trucks I’ve owned. The Nissan 4X4 I had in the late 80’s needed more upkeep than the Rams I’ve owned. Maybe I’m easier on my vehicles, I don’t use oversized wheels or run crazy offsets. I use decent tires (Michelin’s) and keep them balanced. I use my truck, and frequently tow up to 10k with it, but I don’t beat it to death either. You’ve had better luck than we have.
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I think I'll be at least 3k in parts. The ball joints alone were $800, each u-joint is $80+. You don't need those expensive ball joints unless you're running at least 35" tires. Get some Moogs and call it good, same with the hub assemblies and steering assembly. I'm currently doing all of that to my Megacab, I've had several Dodge's over the years. Only one that had 37's needed the expensive ball joints. Depending on the year and condition of your truck, the wheel hub assembly might be a B*ITCH to get out...my driver side is currently stuck and I've tried about everything to get it out...it's heading to a shop soon I think.
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Hang on to the tools. You’ll be doing it again if you keep the truck very long. Dodge. Funny. Ignorant, but funny................. How many Dodge trucks have you owned? I’ve had several and speak from experience. I’m on my 5th one. 3 1500’s and now on my 2nd diesel 2500. The only one that I replaced ball joints on was my 2003 2500, at about 260k miles. I’ve upgraded shock absorbers on most of them, and replaced the front wheel bearings on my current one at 180k miles. It now has 193k. Suspension and steering repairs have not been an issue on any of the trucks I’ve owned. The Nissan 4X4 I had in the late 80’s needed more upkeep than the Rams I’ve owned. Maybe I’m easier on my vehicles, I don’t use oversized wheels or run crazy offsets. I use decent tires (Michelin’s) and keep them balanced. I use my truck, and frequently tow up to 10k with it, but I don’t beat it to death either. You’ve had better luck than we have. You are just ignorant.....hahaha! Up here you rebuild about every time you replace tires.
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From my past experience, I would replace with aftermarket (Moog). The stock parts just don't hold up. Part of the reason Ram trucks are cheaper to buy in the first place. They will get their money in the repairs needed later.
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Memory serves correctly the worst front end for a '94 to like 2000, they have slowly improved them with every new generation. At the Cummins in a 3/4 ton and it compounds the problem then use an off-road like farm use they are very hard on front of things. Best motors in the newer stuff seems to be pretty good now but time will tell
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