Cognito Alpha Upper Control Arm Press In Ball Joint for 11-25 Silverado Sierra 2500 3500

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• Product: Alpha Upper Press In Ball Joint
• Condition: New
• Brand: Cognito
• Part Number: 199-91253
• Make and Model: 11-25 Silverado/Sierra 2500/3500

Notes-

• While ball joints are a wear item, that wear is accelerated by larger tires, high cornering loads, damaged dust/grease boots, and a lack of lubrication. It is well known that most lube shops are not tending to greaseable joints during maintenance, therefore a lack of lubrication causing prematurely worn ball joints has been an issue for the last decade or more. 

  Maintenance free ball joints therefore seem like a great solution, unfortunately there are factors that can cause issues. If a dust/grease boot is compromised on a maintenance free joint allowing contamination inside, grease can't be pumped in from the top to flush out contaminants and re-lubricate the joint. The plastic liner of the joint then wears and creates a squeaky joint that needs replaced. Replacing a traditional press in ball joint takes time and can be a pain in the rear without the proper specialty tools.

  The patented Cognito Alpha Ball Joint is the next level, end-all be-all solution of upper ball joints. It eliminates the problematic dust/grease boot by using a durable scraper type seal that is not susceptible to damage that a traditional dust/grease boot is. Although the ball joint is firmly sealed and pre-greased, there is a grease fitting at top for any periodic maintenance needed. With a small internal cavity for grease, the joint does not need much at all. The internals are alloy steel, absent of any plastic liner, with alloy races and grease paths. The carburized and surface coated taper pin is a precise fit, has an oversized sphere in the socket for large contact surface providing excellent strength and wear characteristics. 

  With a 4 year warranty against defects and premature wear, and having a heavy duty design, this is still a joint and thus still a wear item. Being a press in ball joint, you would think it will be a pain to freshen up, but the Alpha Ball Joint is rebuildable and simple to do with a rebuild kit. The ease of rebuilding stems from the corrosion resistant zinc plated housing of the ball joint remaining in the control arm. The ball joint can be rebuilt in the control arm without even having to remove the control arm from the truck. Once the taper pin is removed from the spindle, the top cap of the ball joint is removed followed by all the internal components. The rebuild kit comes with all new internal alloy races, a taper pin, and new scraper seal. Those items are installed with grease, the cap fastened back in place, and then the taper pin re-fastened to the spindle, and that’s it!

• WARNING: This ball joint is not to be used as a droop limiter and was never designed to support suspension components hanging from the ball joint during operation. Doing so will void any warranty and is an extreme safety risk.

• Ball Joints are a moving part therefore a normal wear item on any vehicle. The Cognito design is a bolt in style ball joint that is very easy to replace on the Cognito ball joint style upper control arm kits.

• This heavy-duty press in ball joint is a maintenance free hardened alloy steel precision CNC machined joint. It is spring loaded so that any slight wear will be taken up and not affect its operation for maximum life.

• Castle nut, cotter pin, boot and mounting hardware are included. Made in Italy.
  
  Features-

• Cognito HD Series Upper Press In Ball Joint (Silverado/Sierra)
• Hardened alloy steel joint
• Maintenance free
• Precision CNC machined
• Made in Italy

Cancellation Policy:
As some of these parts are ordered in and may not be a stocked item, there are strictly no cancellations.