Just had a alignment on my 2003 4x4 dually with 45000 miles. Did a alignment cause its never had one. Was told ball joints bad. They had up and down play. Right side more then left. truck drives great! No noise,tire wear is good,some minor cupping rt front. I pull about 13000lb gooseneck trailer a few times a month is what I figured tire wear was. Wish now I hadn't gotten it aligned LOL Quoted $900! How much play is allowable? really hate to screw with it driving so good. How much do decent ball joints cost,parts that is? Then labor? I have friends that have towed 200,000 miles and never a alignment or a front end noise of any sort. Traded trucks in and did the same mileage with more Dodge 4x4 duallys. Did their ball joints have up and down play? I read did a SEARCH with what seemed a number of different answers. Saw no post about BROKEN ball joints. Any of those on these trucks?
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