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[davidbrady]

Hi Airduds,

One of the items you should check are the steer axle ball joints - the lower ones in particular. These ball joints are no longer available. The problem is the boot disintegrates allowing entry of road debris and abrasives leading to premature ball joint wear. Ryan Saari (turbokitty over on wog) sells a better quality replacement ball joint boot, there's also instructions on this forum for drilling and installing grease zirk fittings. Both of these mods should be done to ensure long-lasting ball joints. Don't ever throw out a ball joint for an M450. There's mounting evidence that they can be rebuilt or remanufactured by a qualified machinist.