upper ball joints

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:49 am

both my upper ball joint boots are shot :roll:

but for now the ball joints still good

they don't make replacement boots for us do they, would friggin be nice, i guess i'm too used to tractors :cry:

superj · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:23 pm

yes they do. one of the aftermarket companies sells new replacement boots for the chrysler ball joints.

rusty's or someone like that. they are either 12 or 23 bucks. i bought some before for mine

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 1:52 pm

yeah, i'll forgo the new uca's for awhile if i can get new boots the ball joints are still perfect

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchant.m ... gory_Code=
the right thing?

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:31 pm

If the boots are gone , chances are the joint is contaminated, sooner or later they will fail, be safe and replace the entire arm.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:27 am

as crappy as a chrysler spec ball joint is i may as well

is that tsb for upper balljoint/arm replacements for salt belt still active?

daspes · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 1:53 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

http://rustysoffroad.com/mm5/merchant.m ... gory_Code=
the right thing?

Nope. I looked through the whole site, and I didn't see any either. Found replacement LBJ's and the rear BJ for the 3 link but no boots.

Spent about a half hour trying to cross reference the BJ's to another vehicle and haven't been able to find any either.

ISpy · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:15 pm

UCA's are Expen$$$ive. Just change the boot like I did. I have 1 year on the new boot already and no problems.
Save the expense for later. I got my boot from a junk yard. I bought a used UCA for $30 and took the boot off.
Other after-market companies do provide boots but I didn't go that way because I was in a hurry. Good luck.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:26 pm

i had to flush sand out of my upper ball joint, so the joint is contaminated, and since it isn't greasable, i don't want to run the chance of a ubj failure like a few around here have had

yes uca's are expensive but it's worth the insurance to know that you both have superior uca's and superior greasable ball joints - as long as they hold till august i'm getting new uca's

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:24 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

i had to flush sand out of my upper ball joint, so the joint is contaminated, and since it isn't greasable, i don't want to run the chance of a ubj failure like a few around here have had

yes uca's are expensive but it's worth the insurance to know that you both have superior uca's and superior greasable ball joints - as long as they hold till august i'm getting new uca's

Excellent desision

callaway · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:29 pm

When I replaced my uca's I bought from Lee Auto. Arms came with moog ball joints and really weren't as expensive as I expected them to be ( was ~$130 / arm )

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