06 F150 XLT Suspension problems
06-20-2018, 10:18 AM
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06 F150 XLT Suspension problems
I have a 2006 F150 XLT with 121,000 miles...over the course of the last 2 years I've swapped out pretty much all the suspension parts I can for new ones but in the process I added a rough country leveling kit and also upgraded to the better Moog upper control arms (first time went with the cheap ones), new ford lower ball joints and replaced any and every bushing I easily can. While doing so I figured I'd get bigger tires and nicer rims. Got some nice 315/70/17 tires to match some new 17x9 rims) Got proper alignment done about 6 months ago and the other day while replacing an O2 sensor I saw that my upper passenger side ball joint has went AGAIN. This was changed about 6 months ago when it blew out the first time after lasting around 8 months so I went with a the beefier Moog upper control arm. Not only did this last shorter in time but also mileage, probably have about 6k miles since the last change. The other side seems to be on it's way out as well. The lower seems to be holding up ok but my friendly mechanics have said the lift probably isn't helping but there could be better options out there for the upper control arms? Is there something better that will last longer? Or should I just get rid of the leveling kit or get small tires? This is my daily for another year at least but even so even if it wasn't I rather not have to change the upper arms every year!
06-20-2018, 10:57 AM
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What size level did you add? Please post photos of your upper control arm angles. If you went with something like a 3” level, that’s your problem.
06-20-2018, 11:16 AM
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driver side
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pass side 2
06-20-2018, 03:54 PM
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Looks normal to me.. you sure you didn’t pump too much grease into that bad boy and blow the boot... ? There’s grease everywhere.
06-20-2018, 04:46 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. They should only get one pump of grease every oil change. There looks to be quite a bit of grease and could have blown out the boot.
06-20-2018, 07:14 PM
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