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08-20-2010, 12:20 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
I contacted the repair shop, who i have a pretty good relationship w/ the owner... he said he ordered heavy duty parts, hes not an actual gm repair shop. im replacing the front two tie rods and 3 of the 4 front ball joints. you think the 4th one will fail shortly?
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08-20-2010, 01:11 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
I agree with HumminNBoatin'. If you are already doing three of them, just do all four. It will only be a matter of time till it goes too, and then you will be paying for an alignment again too. Do them all now and pay for one alignment.
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Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
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08-20-2010, 01:50 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
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Originally Posted by Scarsman
I agree with HumminNBoatin'. If you are already doing three of them, just do all four. It will only be a matter of time till it goes too, and then you will be paying for an alignment again too. Do them all now and pay for one alignment.
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I'll 3rd that, why bother with 3 when he's already in there? Bite the bullet and get it all done at once. I'd also question the heavy duty tie rods he ordered, no offense to him at all, but just get an idea of what your paying for versus what you can be getting. There are a handfull of beefy rods for the 2 online but the Rare Parts are definatly one of the biggest available.
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08-20-2010, 04:09 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
I say replace them all. I just did the balljoints and tierods on my H2. It cost me $50 for the 2 upper balljoints, $275 for GM OEM upper control arms, and $375 for rareparts tierods. I also changed the cvshaft and hubs because I have 139,000miles on my H2. The cv shaft cost me $100 each and the hubs were about the same. The shop charged me 4 hours at $90 a hour and $90 for an alignment.
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08-20-2010, 05:01 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
hummer on 32s thx for takin the time to post that info and the pic. im really enjoyin this hummer family! 
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08-20-2010, 06:11 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
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hummer on 32s thx for takin the time to post that info and the pic. im really enjoyin this hummer family! |
An H2 would look kind of funny on 32s, I think. 
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2005 H2 SUV - Stealth Gray with Ebony interior - Third row - Exterior tire carrier -
Mirror caps - black bedliner
Roof rack rails - black bedliner
Wheels - Black bedliner on stock wheels
Gas cap lid - still chrome but will soon be black bedliner
Tail light guards - still chrome but will be black bedliner
Grill - Still chrome but will be black bedliner
Hmmmm, is there a pattern developing here?
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08-20-2010, 06:14 AM
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Re: replacing ball joints
HA!!!
It would look somewhat like this
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