Hi Everybody,
I am "kind of" new to this forum (I always read it, never post) and have a question about a rattle my 2006 Durango has. The front part of the Durango sounds very bad and sometimes feels like it's going to fall apart.
I took it to the dealer to get it checked but they wanted me to leave it overnight for a check and I couldn't do that so went to... Pep Boys... bad idea. They told me I need to replace the link bar, lower ball joints and shocks. They also quoted me $1300 for the whole thing.
First of all, I checked rockauto.com for exactly the same parts that Pep Boys quoted me about $900 and got them all for $200 minus the shocks because I don't think they need replacement (The shocks were only like $90 total).
But then I decided to read the forum and found out about the sway bar bushings wearing down so I went today to Autozone and bought the Moog bushing and while I was asking a friend of mine to lend me his towers to be able to lift the truck he mentioned to me that some ball joints can be greased and this reminded me that sometimes when I took the D in for oil and filter change they would offer me to grease the front axel, I really don't know what they greased but since my warranty ended last year I haven't done that maintenance.
I was wondering, can the ball joints in the 06 D be greased? It doesn't seem like it. I would like to know this because if it's true I'll try taking it to the dealer and having it greased to see if that fixes it. If not Ill try replacing the sway bar bushings, if that doesnt work then ill replace the link bar and lower ball joint.
Thanks in advance for all the help!
Pedro
I am "kind of" new to this forum (I always read it, never post) and have a question about a rattle my 2006 Durango has. The front part of the Durango sounds very bad and sometimes feels like it's going to fall apart.
I took it to the dealer to get it checked but they wanted me to leave it overnight for a check and I couldn't do that so went to... Pep Boys... bad idea. They told me I need to replace the link bar, lower ball joints and shocks. They also quoted me $1300 for the whole thing.
First of all, I checked rockauto.com for exactly the same parts that Pep Boys quoted me about $900 and got them all for $200 minus the shocks because I don't think they need replacement (The shocks were only like $90 total).
But then I decided to read the forum and found out about the sway bar bushings wearing down so I went today to Autozone and bought the Moog bushing and while I was asking a friend of mine to lend me his towers to be able to lift the truck he mentioned to me that some ball joints can be greased and this reminded me that sometimes when I took the D in for oil and filter change they would offer me to grease the front axel, I really don't know what they greased but since my warranty ended last year I haven't done that maintenance.
I was wondering, can the ball joints in the 06 D be greased? It doesn't seem like it. I would like to know this because if it's true I'll try taking it to the dealer and having it greased to see if that fixes it. If not Ill try replacing the sway bar bushings, if that doesnt work then ill replace the link bar and lower ball joint.
Thanks in advance for all the help!
Pedro