Carli Suspension Ram Extreme Duty Upper Ball Joints - CS-DUBJ

The upper cavity stores the grease from the factory and allows the hat of the pin to float up and down as the knuckle raises and lowers through the steering cycle. If you own a Ram HD and you've spent any time researching front end parts, it's likely you've heard of Carli Ball Joints. What better way to learn a product than to cut it in half to learn it's functionality. As the hat of the pin doesn't contact, there's a coated sleeve that isolates the pin from the housing and it's vertical surface is the only wear surface for the upper.The Carli Joints are similar in design in that we utilize the same style of a floating King-Pin upper but with several improvemen 03-22 Ram 2500/3500 4X4 ;Set of Upper Ball Joints; Copper Plated, Carburized and Dry-Lubed; Includes a tube of Redline CV2 GRease; Fitment: 2003+ Ram 2500/3500 44;California Residents: WARNING As our lifetime ball joints have been in circulation for many years and more competition enters the market, the what makes these so special questions surfaces regularly; we're happy to shed some light!The design comes first. Leave this to the engineers way smarter than those of us within the organization who are put to the task of trying to destroy the products they design. The Factory Ball Joints are made up of a lower ball joint and upper floating king-pin. Our philosophy has always been to skip on the enumeration of materials and process. Well, now those in possession of a post-2013 suspension redesigned Ram HD equipped with factory radius arms have the ability to install their last set of ball joints. To know how we improved it, let's take a look at the factory. The hat of the pin does not make contact with the housing, it only prevents the pin from pulling out the bottom of the housing. Now that the research has begun and our customers are overloaded with information, what's the benefit to these Carli Joints?The main differentiators that matter materials, process, and design. The upper ball joint is designed as a pivot point determining the axis on which the knuckle will move and thus, only sees a lateral load. When you cut into the factory ball Joint, you find a sealed housing, sleeve, pin and boot.

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Carli Suspension Ram Extreme Duty Upper Ball Joints - CS-DUBJ