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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 10:59 AM
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Finally got my upper/lower ball joints done. Thanks to Patman03SprCrw who did a great job on the install.






Sorry don't have any shots of the lower ball joints yet.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 11:06 AM
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Glad you and Patrick could meet up to get this done. Handles much better, dosen't it.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 11:17 AM
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Much better indeed!
 
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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I had vertical play in both the upper and lower joints.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2011 | 04:04 PM
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Nice! I painted my UCA's and OTE's a few days before they were installed by Pat. Still rides nice.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 07:12 AM
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Hey, you're just in Austin. Take a Saturday morning road trip to Frisco and get Patman to do it. It's worth the peace of mind to know your truck is treated right by someone who cares and you can watch him do the work.

here's Patrick with my truck from last Saturday.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...over+shop.html

I ordered the parts from Discount Auto Parts and saved a lot of money.
Bluejay...A couple of weeks ago, I had Rancho Quicklift Loaded installed on my 06 FX4. My friend that installed them pointed out that the upper ball joint wiggled and had alot of play. For a couple of years, I have been hearing a clunking/poping noise when I'm making sharpe turns or when backing out or turning into my driveway. Could this be those ball joints? If so, what parts should I replace? I really want to get rid of this annoying noise. Thanks.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2011 | 11:32 PM
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Upper control arms and lower ball joints on both sides.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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Funtuff I had vertical play in both my lower/upper ball joints. After having everything replaced the front end feels so solid now. No clanking when hitting bumps and no squeeling when turning at full lock.
 
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Bluejay...A couple of weeks ago, I had Rancho Quicklift Loaded installed on my 06 FX4. My friend that installed them pointed out that the upper ball joint wiggled and had alot of play. For a couple of years, I have been hearing a clunking/poping noise when I'm making sharpe turns or when backing out or turning into my driveway. Could this be those ball joints? If so, what parts should I replace? I really want to get rid of this annoying noise. Thanks.
I would do the upper A arms and the lower ball joints. Got mine at www.discountautoparts.com for a great price in about a week.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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Funtuff I had vertical play in both my lower/upper ball joints. After having everything replaced the front end feels so solid now. No clanking when hitting bumps and no squeeling when turning at full lock.
Thats exactly what I'm hearing. Do you remember the part numbers?
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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recall on tie rod ends
my 2002 shackandahalf short box just about killed me last friday lost the left outer tie rod end at speed on the expressway

did ford not have a recall program on tierod ends or is that past now

thanx
 
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