This was something I never though about when it comes to HD pickups. I always like to poke at the diesels with their insanely high engine maintenance costs (FICMs, HPOPs, Injectors, UREA), but I never realized just how much it was to do repairs on one of these - for parts.
I have done a few brake jobs on my father's 2001 F350. Rotors, pads and calipers are not cheap for that truck.
It stopped being daily driven about 6 years ago and, for the most part, has sit around for those 6 years. Maybe 200 miles a year if it's lucky. I put the majority of miles on it last year by driving it to get new tires put on and hauling some trash.
The original Ball joints and U Joints have seized up at 59000 miles. Of course, 16 years of NY winters means that the unit bearings are going to have to be torched out, so going to have to replace those. I tried to remove them and the studs and nuts just flaked away.
Retail on the stuff I bought was $750!! 2 Timken Unit Bearings , 2 sets of upper and lower ball joints (greaseable) , "stud kit" for the wheel bearings, spark plugs and a GOOD set of front, greaseable u joints.
I don't even want to know what the labor is going to be on replacing this! Plus it needs spark plugs and I'm not touching them on a 5.4 of any vintage ... and of course the engine is under the dash.
So now my question is - how do the "bro" types that don't have great jobs afford these things? I was wondering how they paid for the initial buy-in and diesel related maintenance from rolling coal, but I never really took into consideration the other stuff.
This truck will need, eventually, all of these original items replaced - water pump, radiator, belt, radiator hoses, driveshaft U Joints. I wouldn't mind working out a deal with the parents where I pay for some of it if I can borrow the truck to tow my Jeep to off road parks out of state - they don't use it a lot!
Tires, brakes, suspension parts ... guess I have always been spoiled by having common light duty vehicles with cheap parts or easily attainable junkyard parts.
I have done a few brake jobs on my father's 2001 F350. Rotors, pads and calipers are not cheap for that truck.
It stopped being daily driven about 6 years ago and, for the most part, has sit around for those 6 years. Maybe 200 miles a year if it's lucky. I put the majority of miles on it last year by driving it to get new tires put on and hauling some trash.
The original Ball joints and U Joints have seized up at 59000 miles. Of course, 16 years of NY winters means that the unit bearings are going to have to be torched out, so going to have to replace those. I tried to remove them and the studs and nuts just flaked away.
Retail on the stuff I bought was $750!! 2 Timken Unit Bearings , 2 sets of upper and lower ball joints (greaseable) , "stud kit" for the wheel bearings, spark plugs and a GOOD set of front, greaseable u joints.
I don't even want to know what the labor is going to be on replacing this! Plus it needs spark plugs and I'm not touching them on a 5.4 of any vintage ... and of course the engine is under the dash.
So now my question is - how do the "bro" types that don't have great jobs afford these things? I was wondering how they paid for the initial buy-in and diesel related maintenance from rolling coal, but I never really took into consideration the other stuff.
This truck will need, eventually, all of these original items replaced - water pump, radiator, belt, radiator hoses, driveshaft U Joints. I wouldn't mind working out a deal with the parents where I pay for some of it if I can borrow the truck to tow my Jeep to off road parks out of state - they don't use it a lot!
Tires, brakes, suspension parts ... guess I have always been spoiled by having common light duty vehicles with cheap parts or easily attainable junkyard parts.