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01-30-2012, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gregd

The ball joints are "greaseless" or "forever greased" right? I thought the boots are just to keep dust and road debris from getting to the joint itself. To me, this suggests that as long as the boots are doing their job then the ball joints should not be damaged nor should they wear out prematurely.

Greg

Not on our two DSDP front axles we've had under our 2002 DSDP. The OEM was a 12,000# unit. It was replaced in 2004 with a 14,600# unit. Neither one had sealed ball joints, they all have/had zerks to grease them.

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