MOOG products good quality?
I posted about that issue. the ball stud fell right out of the cast iron knuckle. I found quality lower ball joints from this place, and bought them from a parts house in Texas. They are still in service and working great.
XRF Chassis | Automotive and Heavy Duty Chassis Parts | Canada and Unites States
I rebuilt the front end using Moog parts about 1000 miles earlier, went to get an alignment and found the lower ball joints worn out. I greased them at every oil change. After seeing the ball joint had fallen apart in the box, I suspect it wasn't actually that it had worn out, but that it was not manufactured correctly.
The alignment tech jacked the front end up enough to lift each front tire off the ground and then used a long bar to pry the tire up. You could see the play in the lower ball joint was over 3/4" when doing this.
I am actually amazed that the front wheel didn't just separate while going over a bump that unloaded the front suspension. After all, who doesn't catch a bit of air under their tires from time to time while out on the open road traveling cross country? We are talking about the Rapid Transit System here.
I posted about that issue. the ball stud fell right out of the cast iron knuckle. I found quality lower ball joints from this place, and bought them from a parts house in Texas. They are still in service and working great.
XRF Chassis | Automotive and Heavy Duty Chassis Parts | Canada and Unites States
I rebuilt the front end using Moog parts about 1000 miles earlier, went to get an alignment and found the lower ball joints worn out. I greased them at every oil change. After seeing the ball joint had fallen apart in the box, I suspect it wasn't actually that it had worn out, but that it was not manufactured correctly.
The alignment tech jacked the front end up enough to lift each front tire off the ground and then used a long bar to pry the tire up. You could see the play in the lower ball joint was over 3/4" when doing this.
I am actually amazed that the front wheel didn't just separate while going over a bump that unloaded the front suspension. After all, who doesn't catch a bit of air under their tires from time to time while out on the open road traveling cross country? We are talking about the Rapid Transit System here.
