Opinions on Raybestos "service grade" upper ball joints?

[454cid]

Anyone here, have any experience with them? I just ordered a pair on Amazon for a lower than normal low price....... less than half what Rockauto charges for the same part.

I've got a knock in the front end, and I'm assuming it's one of my uppers. I figured for the price, I could do it again, if need be.

 

[grampadirt]

It's a little late now but the Pro Grade are much better,it's what I have on my Burb.We sell both where I work and sell much more of the Pro Grade than what we call the ''economy'' grade,prolly 80% to 20% split.Our customers are auto repair shops,tire shops,and most new car dealers in the area.

I had a knock also and would make that sound when turning,chased it for a couple of years,finally found it.Evidently one of the bolts/nuts that attached to part of the suspension lift wasn't tight enough,found it one day while going one by one tightening all those big bolts.So the moral of the story is check all those suspension bolts.

 

[454cid]

It's a little late now but the Pro Grade are much better,it's what I have on my Burb.We sell both where I work and sell much more of the Pro Grade than what we call the ''economy'' grade,prolly 80% to 20% split.Our customers are auto repair shops,tire shops,and most new car dealers in the area.

I would have had to spend several times what I did, to get the pro-grade. Normally, I would buy the best.

You have dealers buying parts? I would have thought they would use mostly OEM.

I had a knock also and would make that sound when turning,chased it for a couple of years,finally found it.Evidently one of the bolts/nuts that attached to part of the suspension lift wasn't tight enough,found it one day while going one by one tightening all those big bolts.So the moral of the story is check all those suspension bolts.

I don't have a lift, but I'll take a look when I get to doing the doing.

 

[grampadirt]

Yes,most of the dealers use these parts,Raybestos(Pro Grade,blue box)parts are very good & very strong.If they don't have an OEM part in stock they use Raybestos Pro Grade.We sell some Moog parts but most repair shops use the Pro Grade Raybestos(we just call them Spicers)

BTW,Raybestos is owned by Spicer.

 

[454cid]

Yes,most of the dealers use these parts,Raybestos(Pro Grade,blue box)parts are very good & very strong.If they don't have an OEM part in stock they use Raybestos Pro Grade.We sell some Moog parts but most repair shops use the Pro Grade Raybestos(we just call them Spicers)

BTW,Raybestos is owned by Spicer.

It's owned by the Affinia Group: http://www.affiniagroup.com/about-us/brands

Spicer is still part of DANA: http://www.dana.com/wps/wcm/connect/dext2/dana/markets/aftermarket/spicer

 

[grampadirt]

AhHa,I stand corrected.I'll ask my boss about this tomorrow.Thanks for the heads up