Posted April 12, 201114 yr Just got done replacing axle u joints, seals, and tie rods on feed pickup 158000 miles
April 13, 201114 yr These are all very common issues with this model truck. I had to do all of my front end around 115,000 miles. My truck had the death wobble and the whole nine.
April 13, 201114 yr Owner I just ordered the ball joints and track bar for my truck... I've got 183K miles and this will be my first re-work of the front end...
April 13, 201114 yr just did mine at 220k for the first time. pulled to the right and a fair amount of play in the wheel. no death wbble though. drives better than new now.
February 4, 201213 yr My truck is pretty tight, at 74K miles. I do a lot of dirt road driving and towing, and normally my front axle is at or above GAWR, never below 90% loaded. I am currently planning to go thru the front end next spring, I will have about 80K miles on the front end and that's pretty decent, some get 40K and some get 150K.
February 5, 201213 yr I had to replace the ball joints at 64.000 the left one was bad so I did both of them. I have a 100gal fuel tank behind the cab so I think this help out by having the extra weight in front.
February 5, 201213 yr My 05;s ball joints were shot at around 40k, I put Carli joints in it so I will never have to worry about them again.Never had an issue with my 02 ball joints or axle u-joints even with the extra weight from the ranch hand bumper. mostly country road and bad pavement miles for 9 years and 140K miles. The rest of the steering is a different story though.
February 6, 201213 yr Maybe it has a lot to do with driving around the pot holes, opposed dot seeing them and driving straight through them, thinking oops. that'll hurt:banghead:
Just got done replacing axle u joints, seals, and tie rods on feed pickup 158000 miles