Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Dodge Ram Front End Rebuild


How many miles does it take before you find the front end of the truck, just not as tight as it used to be? For those of us who recreation off road with the same truck we drive in the city, that time is cut down even more. The cause? Simple, rubber track bar bushings, light weight upper ball joints and the OEM emulsion style steering stabilizer. The solution? Even simpler... a 4130 chromoly track bar that can be adjusted for 0 to 3 inches of lift, extreme duty upper ball joints and a Bilstein 7100 series IFP (internal floating piston) steering stabilizer.

After I upgraded to a 3.0 lift and added 37" tires, my stock stabilizer didn't stand a chance. Within a matter of 4,000 miles I noticed a steady decline in how tight my steering was. The immediate difference was felt with the Bilstein stabilizer, night and day from the OEM component. The track bar adjusts so that even if you don't have a lift now, you can still use it when you do, or vice versa. This will keep your front end within OEM geometry while upgrading design and material of critical components.

Everything here is life of the vehicle. Certainly the ball joints aren't going anywhere no matter how hard we punish them in the worst conditions... and the track bar with 3/4" ball and 7/8" shaft is not breaking down. This will rejuvenate that tired old feeling your Dodge Ram develops after the miles start stacking up and it will maintain that tightness without fade.

Check out the Dodge Ram Front End Upgrade System