Keith Browning Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Am I the only one seeing a lot of 2008 Econoline ball joints failing at very low mileage? I am seeing upper and lower joints very loose at 9k-15k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Don't see to many E-vans in these parts, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 Don't see to many E-vans in these parts, sorry. Would ya like to see some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 I never really noticed it to be year specific, E-van ball joints are junk, regardless of year in my experience. And I don't see a great deal of E-Vans anymore, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshbuys Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: joshbuys Don't see to many E-vans in these parts, sorry. Would ya like to see some? I don't mind them so much, Myself and one other guy at my old dealership did pretty much all the work on them. None of the other tech's wanted anything to do with them, but would take them if there wasn't anything else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendpowerstroke Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Originally Posted By: joshbuys Don't see to many E-vans in these parts, sorry. Would ya like to see some? HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! send me every one you got!! If I could do just F and E ball joints all day I would be a happy man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregH Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Yes.. We are seeing a lot of E-series ball joints.. Unfortunately, we are seeing a lot of other failures, too. And by "we," I mean "I." I'm the only one here that works 'em I present to you, my mortgage payments for the next two years: I currently have two of these beasts in the shop. One has a blown oil cooler, and mashed potatoes in the cooling system. Mind you, not the buttery, peppery, tasty kind - the smelly, gray, can't clean it outa the radiator for shit kind. The other one has a problem on #3 - loss of compression and "putt putt putt" through the intake. I've already put ball joints on every one of them, head gaskets on one, and an EGR cooler on another. I've also had a few EGR valves and a #3 injector electrical concern that went away on it's own.... All this within the last year. Ahh I love me some 6.0L warranty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 I never really noticed it to be year specific, E-van ball joints are junk, regardless of year in my experience. Good point. I just noticed a good run on really low mileage trucks and it's not like one or two joints are loose or have rust coming out of them... lately it has been all four an each vehicle. Never mind measuring the deflection - they are loose! And they only pay what, 1.3? I know they aren't hard but they are not something I want to do all day for 1.3 thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 1.3 now? Shit, they used to pay 1.9 for 2wd dual wheels. I don't mind Econolines so much. Working from inside, with the seats out isn't too bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Ball Joint (3049/3050) - Replace Refer to operation 3001A for alignment check and adjustment, if required. 3049A*: Do not use with; 3105A* 3049A: Do not use with; 2219D2.. ONE 3049AA 1.0 ONE EACH SIDE 3049AE 1.8 ALL ONE SIDE 3049ATA 1.0 THREE 3049AB 1.8 ALL 3049AT 1.8 Dual Wheels....ONE 3049AC 1.2 Dual Wheels....ONE EACH SIDE 3049ABE 2.1 Dual Wheels....ALL ONE SIDE 3049ATB 1.2 Dual Wheels....THREE 3049AG 2.1 Dual Wheels....ALL 3049AH 2.1 2008 Econoline, from the web based SLTS, today. 4:28pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 I better look at my time sheets a little closer. I thought 1.3 was wayyyyy too little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendpowerstroke Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 1.3 sounded way off to me also. But I didn't have the ambition to go look it up. Thanks little buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Little? LOL A wiseguy, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanik Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I haven't seen any early failures, but don't work on many econolines anymore. They used to pay much more and I think it was econoline ball joints that paid for my wedding nine years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Meanwrench Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 All 4 of my 08"s have had ball joints @ roughly 25,000 miles..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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