kewljay223
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hey. i bought my 95 c1500 lowered from the original owner. seems to have been done correctly but im not 100% sure. its a 4-6 drop. always had a pulling problem. finally went in to get it aligned to a shop i trust (been going for years) told me all front end needs to be replaced first. bushings, bjs, tie rod, etc. so i did it. then they tell me the frame needed to be pulled cuz the caster or camber was maxed out. idk how tho cuz the truck didnt show any signs of serious accident. but whatever. anyway, had that fixed and is now aligned. less then a week after front suspension fix, ball joint started clunking BAD. loud as hell! brought it in and they said sometimes there are factory defect parts. swapped it out no prob. 6-8 months later, it fails again! same noise!! same bj!!! upper passenger side. take it in, hes concerened but swaps it out. a week later, guess what happened..... WTF!!! he doesnt want to do it now without knowing the cause and hes losing money due to warranty. but what could cause this!? the truck has been lowered its whole life without this issue. pretty sure the first bj was the factory. he said the factorys had a plastic inside which could have caused me to not hear it before, but now they all are metal. he is using moog which is supposed to be pretty good and supposedly fixes a lot of peoples problems. well its just the opposite for me! lol i dont mind using another brand but dont wanna put something else in if its just gonna fail also. does anyone else have/had or even heard about this problem? i sure havnt. googled, went thru this forum, checked local performance shops. im at a loss here. idk what to do. are there any "performance" ball joints to fix this? or a special one for dropped trucks? i know this isnt something im just gonna have to live with since most dropped trucks out there are the 88-98 c/k's and i sure ass hell dont hear their ball joints popping a mile away.
sorry for the long post and rant. im just very frustrated at this point and dont know what else to do. spent a ton of money and time into "fixing" the front and now i have another problem!! any advice would be greatly appreciated.
sorry for the long post and rant. im just very frustrated at this point and dont know what else to do. spent a ton of money and time into "fixing" the front and now i have another problem!! any advice would be greatly appreciated.