Fun in central texas at 4AM

M&P40 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:38 pm

well i was begining my trip home after my week long vacation when 1/2 hour down the road this happens:

snapped the A-arm at the weld around the ball joint at 65 mph!! the seat is clean but now so is my wallet:(

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:48 pm

I saw pics of a busted one, not a stock one but an aftermarket one.

Bill.Barg · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:12 pm

scary

You should post this in the 2002-2006 4x4 section. Losts of lifted readers there

AZKJ · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:15 pm

Robert... Beth and I are so glad you and your passengers were not hurt. Yeah, I'll bet you needed to change your shorts after that experience

M&P40 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:16 pm

yes it was scary. i have the replacement arms at the shop with the jeep now so tomorrow i should get it back and if that is the case i will begin my 15 hr drive back on thursday morning. it is one thing to have it happen at home and a whole other thing to have it happen 950 miles from home. i am just glad i am not stuck somewhere in west texas hiking down I10 or worse i coulda flipped it but luckily i had a good grip on the wheel when it happened and reacted properly.

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:58 pm

Ive never seen one broke

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:04 am

so I take it this is the older Al's a-arm? Glad all was well! And Im glad that didnt happen when you started out on vacation!

Starting to see more of these break than the stock arms. :shock:

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:05 am

I watched an early generation aftermarket arm break in Moab. However, it was a very early generation, had literally thousands of off-road miles on them, and the driver is known to test the limits of his vehicle.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:06 am

I take it that they were Als arms? What generation. I bought a used set of the 4s and one of them had cracks in both welds on either side of the ball joint. Other one looked OK but??? I now have a set of the 4.5s and they look better made to me

but then what do I know :twisted:

Tom

Oh and glad you made it through it all OK

Inc · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:06 am

Wasn't it Troy in Moab? I think that was the one I saw... I think, and yeah, very early generation if my terrible memory serves me correctly.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:56 am

incubusmike wrote:

Wasn't it Troy in Moab? I think that was the one I saw... I think, and yeah, very early generation if my terrible memory serves me correctly.

That would be USAFCOP that broke the JBA GENII UCA,I cracked a weld on one in the same place/same trail but one year later,GENII also.

That would be a total of 3 broken sets of GENII's,one broken set of GENIV's,and one cracked weld on a GENII that I know of.

2 of those broken JBA UCA's(GENII's) where severly abused(USAFCOP and MUTT),the GENIV JBA UCA was on SWAMPTHING's KJ that had the Rusty's coil and spacer lift on which over stressed the UCA from way to much lift.My cracked GENII UCA was found before it broke,it was well abused,I had a spare JBA UCA,the other unbroken one from MUTT.

Guest · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:06 am

tjkj2002 wrote:

the GENIV JBA UCA was on SWAMPTHING's KJ that had the Rusty's coil and spacer lift on which over stressed the UCA from way to much lift.

That thing was pretty well abused, but there were others that didn't have so much lift that had broken the Gen 4s that popped up later, IIRC. Correct me if I'm wrong.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:22 am

Didn't Mutt also have a failed weld on an earlier JBA A-arm? Haven't seen him on site recently but I believe he had one go out when he was wheeling.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:23 am

corwyyn wrote:

Didn't Mutt also have a failed weld on an earlier JBA A-arm? Haven't seen him on site recently but I believe he had one go out when he was wheeling.

Already stated his breakage.

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tjkj2002

incubusmike wrote:
Wasn't it Troy in Moab? I think that was the one I saw... I think, and yeah, very early generation if my terrible memory serves me correctly.
That would be USAFCOP that broke the JBA GENII UCA,I cracked a weld on one in the same place/same trail but one year later,GENII also.

That would be a total of 3 broken sets of GENII's,one broken set of GENIV's,and one cracked weld on a GENII that I know of.

2 of those broken JBA UCA's(GENII's) where severly abused(USAFCOP and MUTT),the GENIV JBA UCA was on SWAMPTHING's KJ that had the Rusty's coil and spacer lift on which over stressed the UCA from way to much lift.My cracked GENII UCA was found before it broke,it was well abused,I had a spare JBA UCA,the other unbroken one from MUTT.

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:41 am

I've personally broken two older gen Al's arms, both in the same place, front side weld to the ball joint bung, and both on the driver's side arm. I was doing nothing hardcore (coming off a curb 1st time, driving up a little hill 2nd time), but time took it's toll and both breaks showed rust on the inside of the arm around the breakage. They probably had stress fractures that I never noticed. I think Troy is taking me into account with those numbers, but I'm pretty sure this last set I broke was Gen. 3, and the first was Gen 2.
Regardless, they were <Gen 4 for sure. I've heard the Gen. 4s are better and I know personally that the Gen 4.5s look MUCH MUCH better and if they break then the Jeep is gonna get parked until I have the cash for an SFA. New daily driver=motorcycle.

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:55 pm

Hmm good thing i'm trading my genIII's in for some gen4.5's that were just delivered and sitting on the front porch.

Bill.Barg · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:18 pm

Has M&P40 stated that the A arm was aftermarket? Coulb be stock, no?

M&P40 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:26 pm

it was JBA. it was the one right before they came out with the gussets and removable ball joint

Signcutter21 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:09 pm

Rob, glad your ok. sucks about the jeep though. I'll be on the 20/10 this friday saturday if you need anything. heading to Odessa for the night to get my boy. yeah

mike

M&P40 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:17 pm

thanks for all your concern. i have gotten the jeep back from the shop (the mech only charged me 2 hrs labor) and all is good so i should be on my way home thursday morning.

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