What kind and how many do I need to replace all of them? I greased them up and I could see the rubber is dry rotted and cracking and one is entirely shredded.

 

upper and lower on both driver and passenger side. UCA's are sold with the balljoint preinstalled for a simple swap. LCA are offered the same way but more pricey than pressing in/out.

OEM Motorcraft will be sufficient - duralast gold has lifetime warranty if wanting that route.

 

Experience has been generally the lower ones go bad first, but agree with Zimmer0 that if you're going in that far, just get them all, whether replacing complete assemblies or pressing out. Not something to tear apart twice, if can be avoided cost-effectively.

Unless AutoZone / AutoShack's quality has improved from wayback when I was then-enamored by their warranty, lifetime warranty doesn't mean much if you have to replace a couple-three times afterwards due to premature failures. Did have good luck with their Gold batteries, though - 11 years.

Agree with the Motorcraft recommendation, would also consider TRW or Moog or other reputable name-brands. Dorman, eh, would have hesitations here..

 

Buy once cry once.

What are these? Tie rods? There’s a few of them and they have grease fittings too.

 

missed the section we're in. Disregard my UCA/LCA recommendation. Motorcraft is still good to go.

 

I can’t find Motorcraft tie rod parts. Is TRQ any good? I see the set for about $100.

Also looking for some body mounts. Not interested in squeaky energy suspension/polyurethane mounts and s&b mounts are a little too spicy for my budget. The regular rubber ones lasted this long so they’ll last hopefully another 10+ years for me. Anyone able to tell me where I can’t find those?

 

Eh, I used to call the rod portions with the fixed non-threaded joints as drag links, but appears may be called just inner and outer tie rods. My experience is dated from 30 years ago, when Ford had the idea for greaseless fittings without first perfecting the longevities, and everything was sloppy after 4 years and 70K miles. Just be sure whatever you get matches with what you've got.

Perhaps other users will chime in with their opinions, I wouldn't have any issues with the TRW brand (assuming a typo with your TRQ)...

No idea if rubber is still available, my go-to sites are RockAuto.com and LMCtruck.com.

 

TRQ from 1AAuto

 

I've used both MOOG and Motorcraft ball joints on my truck. The MOOG ones only lasted about 30k miles before they were wobbling, so I replaced them with MC that have been going for about 25k miles with no issues. I replaced all the tie rods with MOOG about 65k miles ago, and they still seem to be holding up. Replacing the ball joints isn't a difficult job to do yourself, but it does take awhile to get things apart. Tie rods are easy to do when you just replace them all at the same time. You put the new ones together before install, and make them up the same way as the old ones, that way your alignment will stay close enough that you can still drive around before you take the truck in for an alignment, which is definitely worthwhile after you replace ball joints and tie rods.

I'd stay away from anything but MC if you can find them, or MOOG. And they'll definitely be "buy once, cry once", but it's better than buying the cheap stuff. Check Rock Auto, Amazon, maybe even Bronco Graveyard. Good Luck!!