I love these videos. Comparing and contrasting each brand and style. Great consumers guide to HD ball joints. I’d love to see a review of Patton fab or other long travel traction bar kits
Those are a tough one since they do help with axle wrap, but Patton and Firch bars do still slightly restrict suspension movement so it comes down to how you balance those two factors. For trucks making 500hp or less we usually suggest to skip them.
@@kaiserbailey no. Just 33" tires. Heavy 1 ton duallies. Brutal public roads in northern Canada and also oil patch "roads" and pipeline "right-of-ways".
@@kyles234So we’ve established that the problem is you and not the roads or parts. Nothing special about Canadian roads, we have rough as hell roads in the States too. And yet….no one goes through ball joints in 14 months. I’ve got a decade on my Carli joints
Think I’m going to give apex a shot. Lifetime warranty is great but who’s going to keep swapping out their ball joints and wear out there install bores
What is the biggest cause of accelerated wear on ball joints on these trucks? Offset, weight? Sounds like Carli's are the one & done solution, assuming money-club usage?
It’s really just a poor factory design using a nylon wear surface on a high load part. The other issue is that 99% of parts store replacements are a similar low cost design, so they also fail but are what get installed in most trucks by alignment shops etc. You see far longer life from any quality replacements making ball joints a non-issue.
Yep! It just has to be more than 15 thousandths laterally in the upper or more than forty thousandths vertically in the lower. Anything less and you keep on driving, anything more and they send new joints.
@@JS-zb1vvI’ve got a decade on my Carlis and haven’t touched them. They say grease them every 2500 miles I think it is, and they got greased I think once after install and never again. Rock solid. I’m not saying don’t grease your joints. I’m saying they take some abuse
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EMF for the win, Clay the owner is a stand up dude and knows the front axle on these trucks more than anyone.
Thank you!!!! Finally a ball joint comparison, no more random people arguing on random Facebook groups abput their opinion and no facts.
Our goal was to try and sort through a bit of that!
Keep it up guys do one video a year and and keep it fresh
I've installed my Carli joints and haven't looked back
I love these videos. Comparing and contrasting each brand and style. Great consumers guide to HD ball joints.
I’d love to see a review of Patton fab or other long travel traction bar kits
Those are a tough one since they do help with axle wrap, but Patton and Firch bars do still slightly restrict suspension movement so it comes down to how you balance those two factors. For trucks making 500hp or less we usually suggest to skip them.
Three weeks after this posts, my left front ball joint goes tits up lol. Great timing.
just got myself a set of kryptonite ball joints considering they come with lifetime warranty.. i can give an update after the install!
I can say the EMF ball joints are the best, I have them in my truck and they are only about an hour away from me.
When will a company step up for us 1500 owners..
The only ball joint ive been able to get more than 14 months out of is EMF. Carli were second best but not even close to the EMF.
Do you have 80” tires?
@@kaiserbailey no. Just 33" tires. Heavy 1 ton duallies. Brutal public roads in northern Canada and also oil patch "roads" and pipeline "right-of-ways".
@@kyles234So we’ve established that the problem is you and not the roads or parts. Nothing special about Canadian roads, we have rough as hell roads in the States too. And yet….no one goes through ball joints in 14 months.
I’ve got a decade on my Carli joints
The EMFs out last the carli joints period. They are also way cheaper.
@ Sure they do buddy. You also think Canadian rough roads are somehow rougher than any on Earth🤣
Think I’m going to give apex a shot. Lifetime warranty is great but who’s going to keep swapping out their ball joints and wear out there install bores
For the price they’re pretty hard to beat. We see longer life from Emf, Carli and Dynatrac, but apex are a great bang for the buck option.
What is the biggest cause of accelerated wear on ball joints on these trucks? Offset, weight?
Sounds like Carli's are the one & done solution, assuming money-club usage?
It’s really just a poor factory design using a nylon wear surface on a high load part. The other issue is that 99% of parts store replacements are a similar low cost design, so they also fail but are what get installed in most trucks by alignment shops etc. You see far longer life from any quality replacements making ball joints a non-issue.
Good evening everyone. Can you recommend me a ball joint for a 2013 RAM 1500 with OEM quality?
I have warrantied a lower ball joint from Carli. I sent them a video and once they verified it they sent me a ball joint, easy as that
Yep! It just has to be more than 15 thousandths laterally in the upper or more than forty thousandths vertically in the lower. Anything less and you keep on driving, anything more and they send new joints.
So the Carli are 900 for the complete set ? Or 900 for each side
That's for the full set.
That’s a fair price for quality!
@@JS-zb1vvI’ve got a decade on my Carlis and haven’t touched them. They say grease them every 2500 miles I think it is, and they got greased I think once after install and never again. Rock solid.
I’m not saying don’t grease your joints. I’m saying they take some abuse
@@wyo_garage20yea I’m gonna order some
What are neural ball joints?
Knurled or splined joints have a slightly larger overall diameter, and the outer ridges shown on the joints in the video.