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I need new ball joints because the boots are all worn out on the upper and Lower on both sides and my lower ball joint on the passenger side had a blow out and has leaked grease out of the boot. I was on rock auto and noticed there are SKP brand ball joints for about $5 and AC Delco for $17. What is going to be the difference if there is any and are the AC worth triple the cost?

 

It's a 2005 silverado CC 4x4 z71 with torsion bar suspension.

 

Here's the page I'm looking at.

 

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/chevrolet,2005,silverado+1500,5.3l+v8,1431121,suspension,ball+joint,10070

 

 

Also besides the upper and lower ball joints and the idler arm is there any other grease fittings or parts I should inspect while I'm down there?

txab Senior Enthusiast

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You get what you pay for..... Why are you only interested in the "economy" line. Not where I'd be looking, especially for a 4x4 if off roading

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You get what you pay for..... Why are you only interested in the "economy" line. Not where I'd be looking, especially for a 4x4 if off roading

It's my daily driver and I'm replacing multiple other parts on the truck right now so my budget is getting tight. Just don't know much about ball joints besides what they do. Gonna probably go AC delco oe

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I would go with the MAS in the heavy duty section.....

 

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I was looking at those as well. Any experience with them?

HondaHawkGT Senior Enthusiast

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The Mevotech Terrain Tough ball joints looked good to me. They have a clip at the bottom of the rubber boot to help reinforce it and keep the boot sealed. There's a one way relief valve that allows old grease to get pushed out and prevents blowing the boot out from over-greasing.

 

http://ttxterraintough.com

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The Mevotech Terrain Tough ball joints looked good to me. They have a clip at the bottom of the rubber boot to help reinforce it and keep the boot sealed. There's a one way relief valve that allows old grease to get pushed out and prevents blowing the boot out from over-greasing.

 

http://ttxterraintough.com

I've been reading mixed reviews on moog. A lot of people have been saying that their quality has gone down in recent years. Those mevotech seem to be getting good reviews. Decisions decisions.

sdeeter19555 Senior Enthusiast

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Are the factory-installed joints greaseable? If not, a greaseable joint will last longer if greased regularly.

 

That said, I've not had any issue with Moog (or Napa) components (Napa is usually reboxed Moog or TRW).

 

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I'll give y'all and update on the beloved moog parts that I installed yesterday. After a ton of cussing and banging to get the old ball joints off we finally got the new moog problem solvers in. The upper and lower looked great. Got everything back together (after a full day of work mind you. We ran into quite a few hang ups) and went to grease the joints. Upper BJ went great. The lower one however had the integral dust boot that was tucked up in the joint. When I squirted two squeezes of grease into it I heard what sounded like grease popping through a hole. Looked at the back of the boot and it had a freakin split in the side of it! No way we could have done it on installation. It was tucked inside of the housing. When it filled with grease and started to expand the damn split revealed itself. Now to get a replacement and go through installation hell again. Not sure what that says about moog quality. Hopefully I just got a lemon.

 

 

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Personally I don't like press in ball joints. I would rather replace the control arm itself. Just seems to me if you press something in and out it just gets weak. I won't recommend the press in joints to our customers at the dealership. Just my opinion though. And you can get both upper control arms for 75$ with a 10 year warranty. And the time that it takes to beat and bang and press the old joints out and new joints in isn't even worth it time wise.

 

Here is the like to the Control arms I was talking about. http://amzn.to/2yF9lpy

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Never did an update but the second install went WAY easier after I knew what I was doing. They've been great ever since.

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Is it wise to replace both upper and lower arms/ball joints at the same time while everything is apart?

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