2nd Generation Dodge Non-Powertrain

Hi All - I took my 1995 2WD 2500 (243K miles) to get an alignment after installing new shocks and tires. The shop told me that they couldn't do an alignment because my lower ball joints weren't fully seated....they stick up above the control arm about 1/4" with the splines and snap ring exposed. Is this normal??? I found some pics online that appeared to look the same but was a little hard to tell. I have attached a picture. Please advise. Thanks Some people have said that I need new lower control arms......not sure how to know if this is true. I can't tell if the OEM ball joints were tack welded like some were....the ball joints in the pic above appear to be replace…

On my 1998.5, I recently upgraded from the stock wheels to some 2014 take offs (275 70 R18's) and added 2" spacers. I have put about 3k on them and yesterday noticed some front end noise. The tie rods feel very sloppy now. Few questions: Will luke's links fix this problem? or Should I rebuild with moog parts? Do you think the larger rims, tires, and spacers caused my front end issues? Thanks, Philo

Between Mikes article and a YouTube video by ericthecarguy or whatever his channel is I got it all done. Thanks for putting the tables for pressures up and the how to info. If anybody needs a good pump with a bad clutch, let me know.. I don't have a use for it and will probably trash it soon.

Mines 83,000 give or take several hundred. Is there an award for that?

BFG KM2's 305/65/17 on Mickey Thompson Classic III 17" x 9" wheels I'll be putting the stock 16 x 8 aluminum wheels in the classified section soon if interested.

I have a 2001 dodge ram, how do I know if it's capable of having a keyless entry?

My dash has been cracked since I got this old 95 like most are and it never really bothered me because all of my dodges other than the 2005 were cracked. I pulled my pillar pod out over the weekend to paint it and busted a big chunk out of the drivers side putting it back in so I had my buddy order me one. This is a mopar dash and other than the color being off, the fit is perfect. Took about two and a half hours from start to finish and I only had a few screws left over .

hello everyone, got a question. what would cause only two or three of 10 bulbs to light up on rear (run, turn, brake.) tail lamps?

Just bought a new scan gauge and I was wondering what should I put for the cutoff setting number. Default is 24 is this correct?

My headliner is falling and I am about to just rip it out. Is there any place out there to purchase a new one.

What is everyone running for airbags if you have a goose neck hitch. I can't seem to find a kit that doesn't interfere with goose neck mounting hardware. I would like to use bags that go on inside of frame but i would have to discard bottom out blocks (one is missing, rotted off) and torch off bottom outs on 4" spacer between spring and axle. But i think that location would work good. Anybody has pictures of theirs? and another thing they sell cradle for bottom of the bag that way in off road situation bag doesn't get ripped, any input on that? I do use my truck off road especially when getting fire wood. I was thinking something like this http://www.amazon.com/57295-…

I made a trip to Eugene Oregon to my Dad's place, while here we dicided to replace my ball joints. Well we cannot get the hub lose. We have tried tuning steering wheel with socket and extension on back of hub and it kept slipping off and nothing moved. Do not want mess up my bearings. Can anyone steer us the right way. Looked for hours on net not finding what I need. Thanks for any advise offered.

I made a trip to Eugene Oregon to my Dad's place, while here we dicided to replace my ball joints. Well we cannot get the hub lose. We have tried tuning steering wheel with socket and extension on back of hub and it kept slipping off and nothing moved. Do not want mess up my bearings. Can anyone steer us the right way. Looked for hours on net not finding what I need. Thanks for any advise offered.

I suddenly have no sound from front or rear left speakers. Any ideas before I tear into it?

I'm thinking about getting this air compressor and plumb it in to my rear bumper for an aux tank, http://www.amazon.com/Viair-45040-450C-Air-Compressor/dp/B000FQ78VI Anyone else done this and maybe a good place to put it in? I'm thinking under bed where spear tire used to be, or under hood but not much room there. I think it would be nice to have for air bags and if pulling trailer you can always fix a flat and air it up. I know I could buy a cheap one that plugs in cigarette lighter but I would rather go this way.

Any one fiddle with door lock solenoids My pass side is sticking . Makes a noise wont go up and down with the drives door switch. Once in awhile it works Maybe just needs a shot of penetrating oil Havent felt like pulling the door panel and busting the plastic retainers yet

I am re-building my 2000 CTD 2 wd truck after several bad MICHIGAN salty winters...geesh I wish I would have oiled the insides of everything like I know I should have.... Anyway I am looking to upgrade the wheels and tires and need to know "what fits" from other years ect? Looking to go with maybe a newer take off wheel in a larger diameter. This will be only a road truck, no off road, stock height, fiberglass boards, I do tow a 5 th wheel. I heard that 8 lug ford wheels were the same. I do not plan to buy new wheels but would like to find some in ex condition somewhere and get new tires. So ! any ideas?? Many thanks to all on this forum for all you do

The Driveway Queen needs new tires. She has 265/75 on stock wheels right now and thinking of going to 245/75. I was wondering what the advantage/disadvantage would be other than the obvious truck height, revolutions/mile, and cost difference.

I cleaned my batteries only last week because they were showing leakage, white powder which dripped down and built up on the fender well. I cleaned all of that up but, now only a week later it's all back again. Only it's worse this time because both batteries are now doing it. I even coat them with grease. Both batteries have never done this before and I'm always in there checking and cleaning the terminals and connectors when needed. So what gives with this? New batteries? Thank you for any thoughts, Mike

I was doing some rust maintenance in the rear, painted the axle, removed the 9/16" u bolts and brackets, blasted and powder coated them and installed new 5/8" skyjacker u bolts. Torqued in a criss cross pattern according to the link below, snug, then 40 ft-lbs, then 80, then 110. How much do these bolts stretch? Once I hit final torque on the first 2 nuts, the next 2 nuts hit torque sooner than the first 2. Then when I checked the torque on all the nuts they turned a little more before the wrench clicked. Is this normal, it was my first time doing u bolts. http://www.suspensionspecialists.com/techinfo/Ubolt_Information.pdf