2003-2013 Dodge Ram 2500/3500 Heavy Duty Lower Ball Joint Replacement Kit - Front Suspension Repair for Off-Roading, Towing & Daily Driving

Carli Suspension's Lower Ball Joint kit for the 2003-2013 Dodge Ram 2500 and 2003-2012 Dodge Ram 3500 is a simple upgrade with huge benefits! Carli Ball Joints are true ball joints that are the strongest and most reliable ball joint in the market.

KEY FEATURES:

• (2) Lower Ball Joints
• Tube of CV2 Grease
• Lower Ball Joint Tool
• Fitment: 2003-13 Ram 2500 4x4
• Fitment: 2003-12 Ram 3500 4x4

KIT DETAILS:

The Carli Joints are similar in design in that we utilize the same style of a floating King-Pin upper but with several improvements in design. You’ll notice our ball joint has a pin and housing but the “hat” of the pin contacts the housing. This adds a second wear surface to further distribute the load applied laterally to the ball joint while providing the same failsafe as a factory ball joint ensuring the pin cannot be pulled through the bottom of the ball joint housing. Further, there is no sleeve isolating the wear surfaces eliminating the point of failure. The upper cavity’s size is increased to hold a larger grease reserve and the threaded cap both allows access to the cavity and pin if needed and allows servicing through its zerk fitting. You’ll also notice the channel in the pin itself providing a path for grease to migrate to the wear surface. At the bottom of the housing, a Viton Seal prevents the environment from entering the ball joint.

The lower ball joints are the true ball joints in the AAM design. The spherical lower is a ball and socket design allowing lateral misalignment (unlike the king-pin upper). Because the design tracks the knuckle on an imperfect axis, the spherical lower is required to allow the knuckle to move freely with only a slight vertical travel through its steering cycle. By design, the lower factory joint is a pin isolated from the housing by a nylon material loaded from the top and sealed by a press with a boot to keep out the elements. When this composite liner fails, the ball joint needs to be replaced. It’s the old saying, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.