Hey every one,, i am doing a search on ball joints,, what i am seeing is the only way i can get them is to buy new control arms with the ball joint allready installed, at around 200 buck per arm. . soo whats up with this,, i just cant get the joint by it self?????????? oh by the way its a 2006, 3500 drw
2wd
thanks
jman

 

i dont know if u can get them by themself just had mine done on my 06 with hubs etc,, well everything really ,, tie rods ends were the only jobber parts i could find a month ago, bill was 2500 beans with labour which was cheap ,, except that beans are a dollar a peice now

 

I don't know about a 2WD 3500, but on my truck the ball joints were purchased by themselves.

 

Changed my brakes over the weekend... one of my upper ball joints was missing the rubber boot. So, I'll likely be replacing before long.

I've not looked hard yet, but I did notice Moog only listed the lower joint and the upper control arm (with the ball joint installed) for te 2wd model. The Moog control arm (P/N MOOG-K7462 for $162) looked more stout than the factory samped version. The lower ball (P/N MOOG-K7465 for $33) is lited as a seperate part.

The photos and write ups I've seen appear to be for the 4wd models... they look a bit different on the 2wd version. ;-)

Does anyone know if the upper ball jiont on the 2006 Ram 3500 2wd can be changed without changing the whole control arm?

Thanks,
John.