Hi guys, i was wondering if i could get some of your opinions.
I have a 2000 1500 ecsb 2wd with a 6" fabtech and 33" tires. This front end makes too much noise in my opinion and is annoying. I have gone through a set of upper ball joints and a set of lowers (which also need to be replaced again). I regularly grease the bushings and all the zerks on the front end and i still get this noise. I know the bushings are polyurethane and are a very hard material, but i have ridden/driven other trucks with lifts and they didnt make a sound. The fabtech kit i have was one of the first generations they made for the nbs's and i know they changed the ball joints on them because when i replaced my uppers, they gave me the "updated" versions. I have contemplated swapping out my fabtech for another kit, like a RCD or CST. But i was curious as to the angles and such with the ball joints with the longer upper control arms(like the fabtech and CST). I have been told that with the longer control arm, that the angles it puts on the ball joints is what wears them out so fast. IF that was the case, wouldnt the CST have the same problem because of the longer upper control arms? The RCD kit uses the factory control arms and doest have this same angles on the ball joints and therefore isnt a problem??
Confused,
Matt :think: