Hey guys,
Just finished doing brakes and rotors and noticed that there was some rubber falling off which I am 99% sure is the ball joints. I know if they are the ball joints I will need to be replaced sooner than later but it looks like its fairly involved and my need a few specialty tools. But how big of a safety issue is it? It is not my primary driver so it can sit for a while. I had one go out on my wife's mustang (go figure) but it had 200K miles and was really noisy. There is no noise, however, I have noticed a lot more wandering steering but I haven't had an alignment done on the car in the last few years and has about 32k miles. I also checked the tie rods, the boots are still nice and I refilled them with grease but while they were off the ground I was able to move them back and forth with my hand, so I am assuming I need to replace those as well? I read that a lot of people are using moog for replacements for tie rods and ball joints. Any suggestions for good quality replacements?
Thanks,
Bob
Just finished doing brakes and rotors and noticed that there was some rubber falling off which I am 99% sure is the ball joints. I know if they are the ball joints I will need to be replaced sooner than later but it looks like its fairly involved and my need a few specialty tools. But how big of a safety issue is it? It is not my primary driver so it can sit for a while. I had one go out on my wife's mustang (go figure) but it had 200K miles and was really noisy. There is no noise, however, I have noticed a lot more wandering steering but I haven't had an alignment done on the car in the last few years and has about 32k miles. I also checked the tie rods, the boots are still nice and I refilled them with grease but while they were off the ground I was able to move them back and forth with my hand, so I am assuming I need to replace those as well? I read that a lot of people are using moog for replacements for tie rods and ball joints. Any suggestions for good quality replacements?
Thanks,
Bob
