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That will be the plan too. Might as well since I'm in there. Honestly, It irks me that I just did my radiator for overheating issues (kept hearing gurgling and found a pin hole) right after I did that the water pump started leaking through the weep hole from the now normal pressure. I should have just spent all of that at once and did this just for peace of mind. Mine is going on 280k but she does sit quite a bit as I am usually on the motorcycle most of the time. I just happen to have a lot of cash sitting aside at the moment and we are intending to keep the truck until we really truly have to get rid of it. I figured now is as good of a time as any other to start fixing the bad stuff and doing some minor rebuilds. During the summer hopefully I will replace the AC compressor, condenser, and evaporator depending on how everything holds vacuum wise as the previous owner just bypassed ecverything. I'll start with the compressor and a flush/ rebuild first. Am I taking on too much?? haha I am so happy you put this info up here. I totally agree with the PSC thing that's why I am not keen on it. My ultimate grab though is always customer service. I get it if you have a bad product too but at least good customer service doesn't make me feel as bad about any issues that may arise. The warranty issues were things I was seeing. Lots of people not getting their core return money back, hearing someone say we never got it. but the thing I wondered about the most was seeing around that time how many of the boxes came straight from them and leaked right off the bat, etc... They stood behind it but I also don't need my truck down like that with us heading into the worst parts of winter here. I've really been leaning Blue top with what I have been hearing.

Here it is again haha. I know, I apologize. So, I am in a bit of a predicament. For a while I have known my steering needs to be fixed. I know that my gearbox has massive amounts of slop and I just replaced all my ball joints, tie rods and lastly drag link maybe a month ago. With that being said, I am starting to get whining and groaning from the pump as well as it getting hard to turn to the right. I know that my pump needs to be replaced (fluid is clean as a whistle and was replaced about 2 years ago and since we really havent driven but maybe 5k in it since. Since my power steering pump is on its way out I will replace it and since my steering box has slop and leaks, I will replace it as well. With that being said, I have read a lot recently and I am stuck between redhead, bluetop, and PSC. I like the PSC the reputation is immense however, its $900. With redhead, I looked in 2015 and heard a lot of issues. I don't see anything recent per se minus a few things but are they really worth it, anyones experience? Bluetop same thing, heard a lot about them just no true experiences to me only things I have read. Regardless, I will be going aftermarket. What are your recent experiences with any of these brands?

So.. my truck has been down about a month now waiting on this new track bar. I get it in and get to installing it this am and I'm freaking the **** out right now.. does anyone have one and have pictures of it installed? Am I supposed to drill anything? This thing came with no instructions and the install docs on the website don't open and the video they have is highly unhelpful besides adding review content. I have a bolt that doesn't fit in any hole on the bracket and it doesn't even feel like it lines up (maybe 1/4" off after putting in the ball joint bolt with sleeve.

Definitely no plans to lift here.. trying to restore and get the steering and suspension right. The moog one after digging through papers I believe may have been installed a couple months before I bought it. That being said that's only roughly 25k if that out of the moog one. The plan is to do practically the entire front end with dodge off road products. Does 10-20k seem about average? Mine currently should be right around there maybe haha

Hey guys, I'm in a bit of a financial spot and have some death wobble. My traction bar has play at both ends when checking it out however, my issue is that the track bar in there is moog. I didn't put this in there so I'm guessing the previous owner did however, I want to replace it with a Dodge off road track bar but don't have the cash. I was wondering where I could get a stock/oem track bar so that maybe I could use Luke's link later on if I need to to get by. I'm currently in the middle of restoring mine as I drive her daily to school. Unfortunately money is going to be tight for a hot minute while finishing up some very long term school goals so I can teach

Damn!! One question though. I just now learned we can throw these 4th gen mirrors on our second gens. Do they bolt right up? How do you control the folding of the mirror via switch? I did a search and didn't see anything on this. Can you throw some details my way please?

Oh shoot, thanks guys!

Ok, so I did hubs yesterday and redid brakes. I filed the pad mounting places like you said and added a very small amount of lube where the pad mounts and rests on those clips. I also checked my power steering and you guys hit the nail right on the head. My power steering is in dire need of replacement. With that being said, I mistakenly pumped brakes with the caliper off. Instead of pushing it back to the reservoir I pried on the poisons while opening the bleeder, I got absolutely no air out and was careful on keeping air from getting in. Since all that the pedal is nice and stiff and the pedal Moonves about 1/4" before engaging and braking power is much higher... The pedal still returns slow but maybe it's just me (3seconds to return from being pushed all the way down). Later this week I will be doing a power steering flush as well, thank you guys for the huge amount of knowledge that you were able to give me! One other thing... Are all dodge ram 2500 service manuals the same? I.e. If I purchase one for 2000-2001 will most stuff be the same for diesel models or do they differ between gas and diesel?

I didn't force them in though, this side went in extremely smooth, I replaced the guides this morning. I think the clips holding them in place broke and that was what caused the issue, hopefully it is rectified once she goes back together

Yes, these came apart like butter, my rust bucket is tough normally I didn't even have to tap on the hubs the drivers unbolted and feel right out

I solely put copper antiseize on all bolts, hardware, etc...for that reason, hooefully replacing that hardware will be ok, I just don't know why it would have shaved that sliding bracket though as everything went together stupid smooth

My sliders were replaced during the last job but they still looked awkward so I'll replace those again when I do wheel bearings hopefully soon. Withthat being said, does anyone have a link to a service manual four a 2001 24v? What causes this? Improper install or bad sliders? This was the questionable side.. Also, what's the easiest way to do hubs?

Where I thought I should be. With that being said when the shop did my drums they were in fact seized, it took them a day to get it all apart

Thank you for this, I did not adjust my drums but I do know it's easy to botch the job even though I don't botch from brake jobs. I will review this later when outta warm, I think you are correct though, my power steering gas been whining more especially when cold, I will do that and flush the system. One update though, the brakes are much much more stiff but still not horribly strong, the pedal now for some reason only travels about a half inch to engage which is nice but that still doesn't put me in the dash like mopar man stated. How easy should it be to stop the truck? Also what is the process I need to follow with the power steering?

Ahh, power steering gas slowly been whining