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MuleShack Grand Master

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Any input on the sealed ones vs the ones with the grease zerks?

From what I remember, all the ones that were replaced on my trucks were sealed, but I since switched to another shop and they are putting on zerk ones from Napa. The zerks dont seem to last as long.

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K_Josh87 Experienced

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i have had a really bad string of luck with NAPA parts lately... I just re did my u joints, ball joints, and tie rod ends on my 1 ton this past weekend, went with all moog parts with a lifetime replacement warrenty. Give everything a couple bumps of grease every five k or so and they should last a long time...

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would it be best to just do them at the same time? If you find the right parts store, they will rent the tools out to you to make it much easier... Advanced rents the tools, you have to pay full price for them up front, then its a full refund when you return them... so its free...

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K_Josh87 Experienced

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i'm really starting to think Napa parts are not worth the box they come in... truck threw the code for the same dam glow plug, that was just replaced for the second time two weeks ago....

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Valv Grand Master

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i'm really starting to think Napa parts are not worth the box they come in... truck threw the code for the same dam glow plug, that was just replaced for the second time two weeks ago....

I honestly feel their parts quality has declined considerably from the past. I now consider Advanced Auto parts and O'Reilly to be better or Carquest. I had a Napa shop install and balance new napa ujoints on my Ram and after few thousands of miles and $ 360 spend I had to put new ones.

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when i mentioned to the shop owner that I was starting to sense a trend with these napa parts, he just kinda grinned and basically agreed with me, I suppose they try to keep the business in town, but i never have had the problems when i bought at carquest, and when i go to advanced, i choose the products with a lifetime warranty whenever i can... and I seem to have a lot less problems...

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Valve,

Going after the front axle joints this time.

Can't find a sealed one for the outer axle, only zerk even from carquest and advanced.

I got Moog (formerly federal mogul) for the fronts.

I also priced the Moog front bearing and it was $110 cheaper than napa for HD.

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i dont work for them however i learned from another web site about cheap parts....rockauto.com check them out...i have saved a ton and they have moog parts

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We pretty much only used Napa for filters (except fuel filters as they would crack at the base) as we had big issues with police cruiser fuel pumps from Napa. Ended up going back to Ford as you figure the time it takes to drop a tank a couple times to replace the pump it pays for itself in the end. The one thing that i always go back to on the sealed vs. zero type is that most heavy trucks run zerk type so they can be greased. We had fire trucks with a couple hundred thousand miles on them and never touched ujoints except to grease. They might have had the engine or trans gone through once or twice with no u joint replacements. Federal Mogul was the best and now that they are Moog, you are still getting the best i feel.

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