KJ + CAMP JEEP + No Lube in Upper ball joints... equals...

jedi4x4 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:21 pm **Posts:** 58

I got pwned.

had to get both my upper control arms replaced. Not sure what did it, but it seems like the lube inside the boot had been dried up for years and it just ground down until the ball join fell out.

Pablo · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1201

ouch.

Rock Lizard · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:31 am

Now that's how you flex a KJ! :twisted:

Guest · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:42 am

How'd you get it back outta the woods?

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:45 am

stuck it together with peanut butter and OH yes a little duck tape :lol:

But that would be a real #itch to get back out of there for sure, so how did you get it out??

Tom

RespectMyLibertay · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:12 am

Looks familiar.

jedi4x4 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:21 pm **Posts:** 58

Quote:

stuck it together with peanut butter and OH yes a little duck tape

actually pretty close...

we winched that corner up, re-seated the ball into the joint, and used a ratchet strap to hold it all together... and then I finished the rest of the trail and drove it into the garage

chefdab · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:49 am

So if this happened at Camp Jeep, did you make the engineers look it over and fix it for you? Did you have the recall done yet when that happened?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:57 am

chefdab wrote:

So if this happened at Camp Jeep, did you make the engineers look it over and fix it for you? Did you have the recall done yet when that happened?

The recall is only for the LBJ's,not the UBJ's.

Dutchy · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:11 am

Lucky it happened on the trail, don't want to think about what would happened if you where doing 70 on the highway.

jedi4x4 · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:21 pm **Posts:** 58

Not sure if they'll recall or not... they SHOULD though. they're definitely defective.

I found this website *after* I had mine replaced.

http://www.unsafejeep.org/

you guys might wanna get yours checked out.

chetos · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:22 am

jedi4x4 wrote:

Quote:

stuck it together with peanut butter and OH yes a little duck tape

actually pretty close...

we winched that corner up, re-seated the ball into the joint, and used a ratchet strap to hold it all together... and then I finished the rest of the trail and drove it into the garage

That's too cool!!

Dutchy · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:42 am

So is there is a problem with the upper ball joints?

spoonplugger1 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:42 am

Al's arms will fix that.

GilaMonster · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:23 pm

Way to Adapt and Overcome!

This thread has finally motivated me to replace my LBJs and UCAs.

Edvalencia · **Posted:** Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:26 pm

My UCA's were in worse shape than my LBJ's. I've replaced both with Moog LBJ's and Al's UCA's.

Nice trail repair! Pretty cool that you were able to drive it out after that type of failure.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:03 pm

Pics dont work. [Edit: they do now..]

So had you ever checked the joints? Did they ever have any play in them? Ive tried my best to put some grease in mine but I never can. Im worried all rip one of those boots.

moose · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:31 pm

I wondered who it was. I was down at the command tent when they were talking over how to get you out. Glad you made it out OK.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:52 pm

jedi4x4 wrote:

Not sure if they'll recall or not... they SHOULD though. they're definitely defective.

I found this website *after* I had mine replaced.

http://www.unsafejeep.org/

you guys might wanna get yours checked out.

A few failures over 5 years is not enough to warrent a recall.there are over a million KJ's out there so yes you will have some failures,welcome to mass production.

When you lift a vehicle you place extra stress on the factory parts that where not replaced when lifted,these parts WILL WEAR OUT FASTER,it's life,even if you never leave the pavement you are placing extra stress on balljoints,bushings,and such over a stock vehicle.When lifting a KJ you should really replace the UCA's with Al's arms and replace the LBJ's will the HD MOOG's.Not saying Al's arms or the MOOG's will not fail but will handle the extra stress of the lift and offroading better then the stock parts.

Guest · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:47 pm

Dutchy wrote:

So are the upper ball joints going to be the next recall? are there more KJ drivers with upper ball joint failures?
Lucky it happened on the trail, don't want to think about what would happened if you where doing 70 on the highway.

My stock UBJ's are still tight after 92,000 miles...
Also, I haven't seen many balljoints fail at highway speeds, most of the time (that I've seen) it's during a low-speed turn

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