Description
Carli's extreme duty ball joints were designed as a lifetime replacement, providing a substantial increase in strength and durability over the factory replacement style options that are available on the market today.
With countless hours and dollars invested into the research and development of these ball joints, Carli has obtained such a level of performance and reliability that they now include a lifetime replacement guarantee when purchased as a set, truly making these ball joints the last set you should ever have to purchase.
Upper Ball Joint:
The Carli Joints are similar in design in that we utilize the same style of a floating King-Pin upper but with several improvements in design. You’ll notice our ball joint has a pin and housing but the “hat” of the pin contacts the housing. This adds a second wear surface to further distribute the load applied laterally to the ball joint while providing the same failsafe as a factory ball joint ensuring the pin cannot be pulled through the bottom of the ball joint housing. Further, there is no sleeve isolating the wear surfaces eliminating the point of failure. The upper cavity’s size is increased to hold a larger grease reserve and the threaded cap both allows access to the cavity and pin if needed and allows servicing through its zerk fitting.
Lower Ball Joint:
The lower ball joints are the true ball joints in the AAM design. The spherical lower is a ball and socket design allowing lateral misalignment (unlike the king-pin upper). Because the design tracks the knuckle on an imperfect axis, the spherical lower is required to allow the knuckle to move freely with only a slight vertical travel through its steering cycle. By design, the lower factory joint is a pin isolated from the housing by a nylon material loaded from the top and sealed by a press with a boot to keep out the elements. When this composite liner fails, the ball joint needs to be replaced. It’s the old saying, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Features & Benefits:
- Superior Quality & Performance
- Fully Serviceable
- Includes Redline CV2 Grease
- Includes Lifetime Replacement Guarantee
- Fits The 2003-2013 Ram 2500 & 2003-2012 Ram 3500 4X4