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Adam
Dodge Dakota
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4/28/2005
14:46:26
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 Subject: Are My Balljoints Bad?
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I have a 97' with 5.2, 5 speed. I felt a shimmy in the front end last spring,pulled off the wheels, and as I suspected I had to put new rotors and pads in front. Fixed the problem. Now recently it has started shaking in the front end like the rotors are bad when I brake, but I just replaced them and have only put 10K miles on them. I have the recipt of when the balljoints were replaced under warranty in 2000, I'll have to look to wee what mileage it was at. Could they be bad again @110,000 miles? I heard that they recently recalled 600K Dakotas and Durangos for balljoints becasue the wheels are falling off. Apparently they haven't fixed the problem right.
Thanks for your help guys.
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i
Dodge Dakota
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4/28/2005
15:09:46
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would check the runout on those "new" rotors. it's not impossible to warp them in only 10k. overtightening lugnuts comes to mind.
check the cheap stiff first.
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87 4x4 dak
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4/28/2005
15:52:11
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You might have your tires balanced. From what I have heard from guys in alignment shops a lot of percieved fron end problems are just bad tires or out of balance tires. Out of balance itres can cause a shake during braking.
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00_Grn_Dak
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4/28/2005
16:46:28
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Yup this is true, it can also cause shaking in the steering wheel a little bit without the brakes, just regular driving. My front right tire wasnt balanced correctly and was doing that but I got it fixed and its fine now. It kinda stinks because the inside of that tire is obvously warn down more than the outside... oh well, new tires soon anyway.
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John K
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4/29/2005
06:49:33
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My bet would be the rotors, read this enlightening article:
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/warped_rotors_myth.htm
It certainly wouldn't hurt to have your ball joints inspected by a reliable mechanic.
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magill
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4/29/2005
17:42:20
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I have also learned the hard way that a tire with a sliped or possible bad belt can also cause a bad vibration during braking and some times during driving. The tire I had go bad only had about 4,000 miles on it and was a factory diffect in the tire. Replaced the tire and didnt have the vibration again. It only takes a few min to chech them and doesnt cost a thing.
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