Thanks to Jackelop

[jackelope]

I just put Wheels and Tires on my dodge. I also wanted Les Schwab to do an alignment so I took the truck back in for it. Within 6 minutes of dropping it off they called and told me that the front end was bad. Tie rods and traction bars where completelty shot. I can't believe this. It is and 05 diesel with 100k on it but all highway miles. It does have a leveling kit on it also. I can't feel it shake or anything when driving it. It drives the same as it did the day I drove it off the lot. Sounds like I should make a trip to Kirkland.

Just take it in to your local dealer and have them give you a second opinion or maybe get a hold of Woodchuck and see if he can look at it and give you an opinion. He's a lot closer to you than Kirkland. Schwabs likes to sell front end stuff. Tie rods and traction bars shot would be a new one for me. Usually it's ball joints. A lot of axle universal joints go bad on them too. Stuart's truck had 2 bad hubs. Levelling kit will have little effect on stuff if you ask me. You're in the right mileage zone for that stuff, regardless of how the truck was used. A big heavy duty truck with 100k miles on it will have some stuff that needs to be replaced now and then.

[Cap.Silver]

Great shout out ,I'm glad that someone is still honest and willing to go the extra mile  to help out . I do put many of free hours into my work for clients and never try to sell anyone anything they don't need . Way to go Jackelope 

[kstrohn7]

Thanks Jackalope. I had planned on getting a second opinion from the local dealer here.

[Rick]

 A lot of axle universal joints go bad on them too.

Been there. Took my Ram to Josh last year and he got them replaced under warranty even though my warranty was up.

The ball joints were in spec at the time,but weren't long for the world. U-joints and a short time later ball joints. All at just over 36,000 miles.

Dodge really needs to up their game for front end parts.