Yeret
The Village Drunk
- Joined
- Oct 2, 2014
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- Ram Year
- 1999
- Engine
- 5.9 Magnum
Hey, all. Got a week's vacation coming up and I've got three vehicles to sort out during this time. Boy, I sure hope the weather's nice...
Anyway, the Ram needs some steering work and I'm thinking that I'm going to have to replace the gearbox sooner rather than later. I was underneath the truck yesterday checking stuff out and I noticed that the pitman arm appeared to have a ball joint where the arm connects to the drag link. Looking around, it seems that only the 2wd trucks have a ball joint here, whereas the 4wd trucks do not. Looking through the service manual that I downloaded from here (many thanks to whoever it was that uploaded it here, it has helped a lot), I can't see any reference to a ball joint here.
My question is are the 4wd pitman arms supposed to have a ball joint or not? If not, would it be advisable or not to swap the arm?
Anyway, the Ram needs some steering work and I'm thinking that I'm going to have to replace the gearbox sooner rather than later. I was underneath the truck yesterday checking stuff out and I noticed that the pitman arm appeared to have a ball joint where the arm connects to the drag link. Looking around, it seems that only the 2wd trucks have a ball joint here, whereas the 4wd trucks do not. Looking through the service manual that I downloaded from here (many thanks to whoever it was that uploaded it here, it has helped a lot), I can't see any reference to a ball joint here.
My question is are the 4wd pitman arms supposed to have a ball joint or not? If not, would it be advisable or not to swap the arm?