DANGEROUS PRODUCT = Moog Ball Joints

After hearing other horror stories about moog , i read up on the XRF joints, and bought their upper, and lower ball joints, and larger C body inner and outer tie rod ends. Everything is still boxed up as i have not gotten to that part of the project. My idler and pitman arms are C body arms from PST. Not sure of their brand.

What i did do was research XRF at length before i bought my parts. They are engineered in Canada, and manufactured all over the world to (XRF specifications). XRF claims that a manufacturing plant has to meet their specific criteria to be selected to make their products. Also read that their head engineers did work for other established companies, but didnt like the way corners were cut to save a buck. I also talked with a gent on here at FABO who put a set of XRF joints on a F350 at 50k up in Calgary BC. This truck spends most of its life in a tough offroad environment. He told me at 200K the XRF joints are still as tight as the day they were first installed. That sold me.

Found a place who was willing to sell em via jobber price to me. Go to www.mibearings.com

XRF K781 $36
XRF K783 $36

These lower ball joint pn#s are for 73 to 76 disc brake cars. Or an earlier drum brake car you may be converting to 73 up disc brakes.

Thats one super price for a joint you will likely never have to replace ever again. Screw moog and their problem causers, i mean problem solvers.

What moog and others fail to realize is they are being penny wise and dollar foolish. Bad publicity travels fast and is very hard to shake. In the late 70s thru mid 80s the big 3 made junk, and the japanese made good quality in the same timeframe. Nowadays the quality of american cars and trucks is on par with the japanese, and in some cases better, but some people still have that perception that japanese cars are somehow superior. Seeds planted 35 years ago still altering that perception.

Matt