2014greatwhite
Senior Member
So bare with me this might be a little long winded or typed I guess. This is my horror story with my install. I purchased the new Zone off-road heavy duty control arms from a shop in my town here Massachusetts. I installed the passenger side and filled it with grease. I noticed grease coming out of the side of the boot of the brand new ball joint. I installed the driver side with no issues. I call Zone and they tell me I have to have the shop that sold me the arms contact them as it was the whole sale side that they order from and I didn't have the order number. So far no problem. They over nighted me a new boot for the ball joint. Awesome right. Well this is where it goes off the rails. The boot they sent requires a special tool to go on the ball joint that is part of the zone arms. I googled how to change the boot and it suggested using a socket to tap it on the ball joint. Well it ripped the boot. So I call Zone back and ask if I can buy another boot. They suggest that because I'm trying to get it done fast because I am going on vacation in a few days, to go get another ball joint and swap it out. I go buy a new moog ball joint which is what zone said they use. I also rent a ball joint press. Never having used one it took me a bit to figure it out but I eventually got the ball joint out. I go to press the new one in and the press doesn't open far enough with the adapters. I try using a cap that fits nice against the top of the ball joint. I didn't think about how the inside of the a-arm narrows and well I got the cap stuck. So inorder for me to get the cap out I had to press the ball joint back out which ripped the boot on the new ball joint. Luckily for me the guy at advance auto parts said he would defect out the ball joint and give me a new one. Pressing the new ball joint in took ever bit of ass and leg power I have. I'm an avid weight lifter bench about 330 and let me tell you this was brutal pressing it in. After about 2 hours fighting with it I got it in and all set. A long story I know and I'm sorry but the moral is take your truck to a shop and let them do it. I'm done doing **** myself haha
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