Check this guy out. I bought a complete set from a store like this on Ebay. They weren't brand name, but they were good quality parts, with grease zerks. I was really impressed by the parts when I received them.
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?Model%25...=p3286.c0.m282

 

mmmmk this is what you do go to auto zone get the 2 uppers and do em urself i just had to replace them myself just make sure u mark where the uppers sit for your alignment and the lowers hardly ever go out cuz most of your weight is on the uppers ya know! its easy it takes like 30 to 45 min to do it!

 

my right upper has 1.5" of play or better in it, its bad.....like sounds like the 149k mile shocks did....

 

how hard do they come out with the press? real hard or no? I have an 1100ft lb impact gun, and a few big hammers....

 

With the press, we just wrench them out. Not a big deal, you just have to get the right press sleeves in the right place. Impact would probably be OK, but they come out pretty good with the wrench. Make sure you have a big enough snap ring pliers. The set I had was a little small and wouldn't fully extend the snap ring off. I had to pop the snapring out of the groove and work it off with a screwdriver. Not really a big deal though.

 

ive got the durlast ones and they suck big time the boots never fit on the ball joint correctly from the beginning. I wish i had spent more the firs t time, but i was in a pinch.....

 

Again, I highly recomend the sets advertised on Ebay. You can buy everything but the pitman arm in the kits for $185 to $200, and the parts I received, look as good as any I've seen anywhere. If you don't need all of the parts, you still have spares for later.
The only problem I had, was the first press I rented from a parts store was bent by a previous user. So I took it back and went to another chain store and rented a different one. I have a younger guy that always helps me with these jobs, but we changed all of the parts in one afternoon, and even got the allignment within tollerences before taking it to the shop.

 

Sweet....I am going to get it aligned after, I think I'm going to use napa ones. I'll probably just do the uppers then if the clunk doesn't go away do the lowers...

 

you highly reccomend the cheap chinese parts???

moog or go home with a broken truck

 

I compaired them to moog, they are pretty good quality.

I hav had moog parts fail just as I have had FOMOCO parts fail

Edit: Here is a link to a list of where Moog ball joints are made.
http://www.federalmogul.com/en/SearchResults?q=ball%20joints

 

ford racing 2000, what sound did the shocks make?, at 157,000 i have a ratttle sound coming from both sides when i go over bumps, i don't know if it's the shocks or ball joints.
Thanks for any input.

 

well touche..

 

a clunk like balljoints.....my old truck did the same thing, it had 211k miles on stock ford shocks.......they were WHIPPED!!!! These weren't too bad, the balljoints were most of the noise

 

im pretty sure i know the exact sound you're talking about. i had that sound and when i replaced my shocks and coils the sound was still there. replaced my upper and lower balljoints and its gone now

 

Your sound could be the end links on the torsion bar also. The rubber gommets go bad and they will rattle all the time.