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5/11/2025 9:56 AM  #1


Ball joints

Lower ball joints on 1998 Cobra with split and cracked boots. Any suggestion as to best brand to buy> Anyone have Rock Auto code. Thanks

 

5/11/2025 10:13 AM  #2


Re: Ball joints

I know the used to "go to" brand was Moog, but a lot of their products have really went downhill.  Maybe when they were American...  now the rubber deteriorates.

Others may disagree with me but in my opinion it seems the best stuff right now is offered by Mevotech.


If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
 

5/11/2025 1:31 PM  #3


Re: Ball joints

Mevotech made in Canada, arguably the best quality available these days.
The new tariffs are going to hit your wallet though.
Someone posted the discount numbers a while ago.


Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
 

5/11/2025 4:11 PM  #4


Re: Ball joints


Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
 

5/11/2025 8:18 PM  #5


Re: Ball joints

Here’s a low friction ball joint from Maximum Motorsports.

 

5/11/2025 11:30 PM  #6


Re: Ball joints

(Hi Steve - I'm gonna be over your way at the Monroe Swap Meet on Saturday....)

Last edited by Ron68 (5/11/2025 11:31 PM)


68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
 

5/12/2025 5:51 AM  #7


Re: Ball joints

First, don't delay in swapping them out.  My wall of shame has a ball joint out of my buddy's '95 Cobra that fortunately let loose in my driveway.  The OEM ones are not terribly well made.

Second, I will second Rudi's endorsement of Mevotech.  I only buy their chassis parts now.  I had a set of MOOG lifetime tie rod ends on one of my F250s that only lasted 20k miles before they started clunking.  I reached out to Rock auto to get replacements and they asked if I still had the boxes (of course I didn't the parts were over a year old at that point).  They asked for a picture of the MOOG logo cast into the parts (there wasn't one, and I also noticed there were no grease zerks either).  They wouldn't warranty them, even though I found the receipt from when I bought them.  Then I read on here where at some point they were putting TRW or some other brand parts in MOOG boxes, selling them as MOOG lifetime and then not honoring the warranty since the parts weren't really MOOG.  I won't give my money to businesses which operate like that.  Mevotech is Canadian and all the parts I've received from them have been first rate (I only buy their top of the line).  I've rebuilt the front end in both my F250s (ball joints, tie rod ends, drag links, track bar ball joints, sway bar bushings, swap bar end links, and unit bearings).  Everything was high quality, installed easily, and has held up (about 30k on the one front end now and still as tight as when I first did the work). 

 

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