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lilpoindexter · 08-20-2011, 02:44 PM

You can get ball joint boots from energy suspension. You can also probably rent a ball joint puller that won't mess up the boots, or you can just smack the **** out of the spindle with a BFH.
If you know how old your ball joints are, and they are still tight, no need to replace them.
My 33 year old truck still had the OG balljoints in it..I replaced them, but they definetly still had many, many more miles of service left in them.

08-20-2011, 02:44 PM	#2
lilpoindexter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: los angeles Posts: 1,136	Re: new spindles = new ball joints, yes or no? You can get ball joint boots from energy suspension. You can also probably rent a ball joint puller that won't mess up the boots, or you can just smack the **** out of the spindle with a BFH. If you know how old your ball joints are, and they are still tight, no need to replace them. My 33 year old truck still had the OG balljoints in it..I replaced them, but they definetly still had many, many more miles of service left in them.