Eric
RIP 10/6/2022
I have an '08 Ram 3500 CTD 4x4 with 35's and the 9.25 front axle. The rig currently has about 100k on the clock. A year or so ago I bought Timken unit bearings, Spicer life u-joints, and EMF ball joints with the intention of doing pre-emptive maintenance. Well, the maintenance never happened then last night one of the front wheel bearing smoked (video below). Never made any noise, pulled out of the driveway and every thing seemed fine; 15 miles down the highway and the wheel about falls off.
Time to install those parts I have on the shelf. When pulling the unit bearings I notice that the rig already has what appears to be rebuildable aftermarket ball joints installed by the PO. Pictures below. Does anybody know what brand these ball joints might be? I compared to online photos of of Dynatrac, Synergy, and Carli (which are not rebuildable) and none match exactly. Dynatracs look the closest. I'm probably going to install the EMF's anyway but would like to know what is in there now for reference.
Time to install those parts I have on the shelf. When pulling the unit bearings I notice that the rig already has what appears to be rebuildable aftermarket ball joints installed by the PO. Pictures below. Does anybody know what brand these ball joints might be? I compared to online photos of of Dynatrac, Synergy, and Carli (which are not rebuildable) and none match exactly. Dynatracs look the closest. I'm probably going to install the EMF's anyway but would like to know what is in there now for reference.