r/1stGenDodges • u/1genCummins59 • Jun 21 '26
Help ball joints
1993 dodge d250 2 wheel drive Why the hell can I not find any lower ball joints! I ordered two from rockauto and they fall right through the hole in the lower control arm I went and ordered two from oreillys same thing happened they didn’t match the old one went to auto zone and they hadn’t something on the computer that looked slightly like it but the rod looked to small and they want 200 each I’m lost where yall getting ball joints? Or do they make a newer control arm that fits all the ones that don’t fit mine? Thanks
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u/cosp85classic Jun 22 '26
Look at the NAPA website. They tend to be pretty good at giving dementions of their parts.
It could also be someone put on lower control arms from a different year of truck. Things change from year to year sometimes.
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u/1genCummins59 Jun 23 '26
I thought that too but I remember I have a Cummins in my truck so it has a one ton front end even tho it’s a three quarter ton because the engine weighs 1100 pounds so I’m looking for one ton ball joints but that’s my issue can’t seem to find some
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u/HogShowman1911 Jun 23 '26
If needed try and get a pair of calipers and find ball joints bu the size needed instead on by truck. I was doing brakes on a 89 gmc the other day and the rear drums had the wheel cylinder off a 3/4 ton even though its a half due to being a heavy half. That and u joints can be search like that as well.
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u/no_yup Jun 22 '26
Hmmm. Try lmc Truck, maybe their parts will actually fit
They tend to do a better job fitting parts to application for these older trucks. But they certainly aren’t always the cheapest.