So I've been having a problem recently of going through ball joints. I ended up replacing the LBJ's and the UBJ's with Detroit Axle parts to start with when my OEM parts got out of spec. The lowers failed when I was going pretty slow (after only 15k) so no harm done; this is when I put in the MOOG parts on the bottom because I figured the D.A. parts were just cheap. The uppers have lasted around 25k and I noticed this weekend that the boots are bad so I'll have to replace them. Anyone know if there is a way to decrease the angle on the ball joints with between a 3 and 4" lift in the front? Or are these parts really just bad quality. I assume this is why the boots broke. Maybe some sort of extended ball joint or something? Just don't want to be putting in new ones every 25k.
On a separate note, same vehicle keeps shredding cv boots even with a 1" diff drop kit....any suggestions? There is room to drop the diff another few centimeters before it hits the cross member but I doubt the angle will change all that much. Found a site that boasts about long-travel cv axle boots that I might give a try, https://www.offroadsolutions.com/products/high-angle-inner-cv-boot/ anyone have a theory about if this would work?
On a separate note, same vehicle keeps shredding cv boots even with a 1" diff drop kit....any suggestions? There is room to drop the diff another few centimeters before it hits the cross member but I doubt the angle will change all that much. Found a site that boasts about long-travel cv axle boots that I might give a try, https://www.offroadsolutions.com/products/high-angle-inner-cv-boot/ anyone have a theory about if this would work?
