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Failed Upper Ball Joints

UWdave

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Spent some time yesterday removing previous owners lift and wheel spacers. While in there I noticed the upper ball joints were toast. I could just grab the knuckle and get 1/4” of slop. Both sides.

2023 with 27k miles.

ReadyLift front leveling spacers and 1.25” wheel spacers.

Probably mostly due to the wheel spacers, but the lift probably didn’t help.
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UWdave

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Stock 22” with 305/45R22 Nitto MTs.

Spacers were just for looks as the tires don’t rub without them. Ordered stock size from Costco.

I decided to just order new upper arms rather than deal with the dealership. So much for “safety inspection”. $300 for new Mevotech Supreme arms. I figured they may say “wear item” and you could clearly tell I just had the suspension torn apart.
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