Skippman

So I took Sunshine into my local 4 Wheel Drive shop (Axelboy in St. Peters, MO) to get an alignment after having my new DuraTracs mounted. Turns out I had bad ball joints. I have only 25K miles on my JK. Fortunately the guy I'm selling my old tires to was EXTREMELY understanding about the whole situation and my JK's now back on the factory wheels and tires at my local stealership.

I talked to a couple local Jeepers but I'm curious as to how common a failure this is and if I'm in the minority here. I suppose if I had this problem over death wobble I should be happy as at least this is diagnosable and fixable.

mkjeep

ronjenx tore apart some ball joints and gives some great info on this thread. In short bad ball joints are common on the jk, finding good replacements is a prob right now.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...ht=ball+joints

racer83l

55k miles original ball joints good. And I'm running ~4" lift and 35's

knock on wood anyways

ronjenx

Early ball joint wear on the JK is common.
The cause could be more than just no grease fittings.
The plastic liner inside the joint may not be able to take the load. The plastic may be getting compressed or displaced, rather than wearing away.
The only fix is all metal ball joints, with grease fittings, such as the Pro-Steer, which are rebuild-able in place.

directedby

38,000 miles - just replaced mine - they were shot....

wtf chrysler?

goldtr8

35,924 miles and I took it in today for ball joints.

Skippman

Just got back from the stealership. They're replaced all right. I had no idea this was a problem. Again, I second the Whiskey Tango Fox.

rvator

Stealership changed mine around 28,000. The new ones are still tight at 50k.

Hellbound13

Lots of pot holes here. On my second set of ball joints with only 25K on the clock. Waiting, for the Prosteers.

HellsBells75

08 Sahara with 32k and they are just about shot.