Mattloz

Hey guys last December I installed a 2.5 leveling kit on my 04 xlt 4x4 so obviously I did a wheel alignment but the out side of my tire wears fast and bad I do make a lot of u-turns so my pass side wears more obviously and yes I do tire rotations regularly but when I did the alignment does that include camber because it seems like they just did alignment and never did camber and I payied 80 Dollors and my tires suck *** now they are falkin wild peak a/t and once the edges are gone they are highway tires and since I guess the shop sucks it caused me to loos theses edges and now they have no traction I just want to know if our trucks are adjustable, I'm pretty sure they are since we have upper and lower control arms but I just want to clarify and yes my bad joints are good, also I think they are stock because they don't have aftermarket grease fittings on them , the truck has 166,000 miles

supersky

Since your truck is at 166K, you might want to check ball joints and tie rods. At around 105K I noticed the outer part of my front tires were wearing badly. Turns out my lower ball joints and outer tie rods needed to be replaced. I'm at 115K now and haven't had anymore wearing. Hopefully this helps.

Also, if you're able to do it, replace the parts yourself because I got quotes from a few different shops and the range was $900-1100. I replaced everything for just over $100.

Mattloz

Ohh no I do everything my self I'm actually ending high school and entering a gm program and will continue my career with automotive training and then go to school for ford and hopefully work for ford but for now I'm doing gm ( Chevy, gmc, etc) I'm 18 and IV always done my own repair if I can this is my passion lol but thanks for the tip

Mattloz

Ok so I was a smart man and checked my joints and well guess what....... My tie rods are bad my upper are bad and I think my lower are bad, what good brand of ball joints can I get? IV heard about moog ball joints are they good?

danorules

Moog is good...make sure you get the grease-able joints. I think it was a $20 upgrade, but it is worth it in my opinion

powerranger262

And for the love of god, how about a comma or a period?

danorules

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