You should just go ahead and do a SFA swap.

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"Its not about what you can DO with your Jeep, its about where you can GO with your Jeep."
Knowledgeable - But Caustic

spoke with marlin today and got new arms shipped, thanks guys

How much did you pay for the "upgrade"? I have had mine for just about as long as you and been watching them closely I want to get the new and "improved" because it is worrying me but frankly I feel I shouldn't have to pay even more money to get them.

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06 White KJ Sport 4x4
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2432458/1

What appears to be rust on the fracture surface (the photo is a tad blurry, so it's difficult to tell) would indicate that, that puppy had been cracking for a while. The slight dip in the road was just enough to push it over the edge, apparently.

-SR-

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2009 Liberty Sport 4x4 - Silver
No mods, yet...

Short Term Wish List:
Hitch receiver & wire harness
General Grabber AT2 245/70R16 tires (as soon as the stockers wear out)
DVD player (for Jr.)

Long Term Wish List:
Lift kit (not sure what size yet)
Bigger tires
Front tow hooks
Skid plates
Rock rails

How many near misses with these arms are we all willing to accept?

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Former CRD owner... now I just sit around and stare at the wall.

Apparently a ton.

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My Jeep Build ----> Big Black

Until there's another "LOST member dies" thread...... Well maybe then.....

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

i paid the normal trade in price, i'm not going to make a stink over this especially when i still have my life and a vehicle that is not damaged, dont get me wrong, i still would like a better price for those bars failing but it's done with now, the more i look at those welds i notice there was only one small spot that was shiny metal, the rest was a rust color.

i will get better pics when i get them off.

You're a better man than I... I would have FREAKED OUT!!!
To me that is just not acceptable... If I was selling a product and it broke under normal driving conditions... I would replace it free of charge...

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2000 Cherokee Trail Hawk
3.5" R.E Superflex Lift, R.E Quick Disconnects, R.E Rear Driveshaft, SYE, OME Steering Stabilizer, ARB Diff Covers, JW Speaker Black Heated Headlights, Mickey Thompson 16x8 wheels, 245/75r16 Toyo Open Country AT's, 15 lb Powertank

2003 KJ Sport (BLACK) 230,000+Miles (Decommissioned)

Amen brother!

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'04 KJ Renegade
Frankenlift II Premium
JBA UCA's
Moog LBJ's
Toyo open country MT 245/75/16
Transgo shift reprogramming kit
AEM brute force CAI
Flowmaster exhaust with Magnaflow tip
Thule bars and cargo box
Flux-compasater W/ 1.21 jigawatts
'92 Dodge 250 Cummins turbo diesel (DD)

Uh

ThunderbirdJunkie thought they were supposed to have a lifetime warranty

maybe i'll have to ask marlin about that, here's more pics

sorry the pics are shotty

Yea!!, that should be a free set off arm's!! I agree with Chris that scar's the doo doo out of me!!, especially with the family in the jeep at the time it break's !! I have been a little learly of buying aftermarket control arm's thinking somthing like this could happen! Lately this seem's to be happening alot !!!!!, anyone with aftermarket arm's should be inspecting them and watching for cracks or rust around the weld's !!!

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96 XJ with a lot of crap !!
04 KJ with some crap!!
15 Forester XT
14 STI Wagon
75 Cutlass "S"

I've heard of here just as many OEM UCA failures as JBA failures,no difference there so running OEM or aftermarket you are taking the same risk just with JBA's you can grease and more likely get back into OEM alignment specs when lifted.

Chrysler has a lot more insurance than JBA. If I hurt myself or others, there's a much longer chain of responsibility attached to the OEM part. If fact, if it was an after market part that I installed, I'm not insulated from responsibility at all.

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2006 CRD http://www.UtahPowderCoatings.com/ http://www.gorecon.com/ I'm kind of a big deal.
RL rear bumper, ARB front bumper, Mile Marker winch, Power Tank, Skids by Mopar & Skid Row, RL Super Skink Sliders, 235/85R16 MTR, Air Flow Snorkel, DTT, 4.10 gears, Frankenlift II, Katskin leather, JL Audio stereo, Rosen video.

The fact that JBA is not covering this sort of breakage with a free exchange has ThunderbirdJunkie questioning the purchase of a pair, and instead going the route of RRO's arms.

Not joking, and hate to say it.

RRO, definitely worth a look.

I'm curious what their testing is. On and off road testing? Or in shop on a test rig? Those definitely should have a lifetime of full capacity cycles put on them on a test rig in my opinion. Anything in the steering / braking systems should, IMO...

If he's got known breakage problems on certain generations, then they should definitely be voluntarily recalling the suspect arms with the new ones.

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2005 KJ Renegade
Fabrications for sale: Aluminum Roof Rack (See Page 9)
Aluminum Gas Tank Skid -- Radiator Skid -- Front Strut Shims
Coming Soon: Rear Bumpers with lots of options

Agreed. The NHTSA would be over any OEM manufacturer's ARSE if something like this happened.

Aftermarket or not, you expect the components you install to be safe...while the OEM upper ball joints are junk, at least they give symptoms before they give up the ghost.

ThunderbirdJunkie would expect the $50/ea arms sitting on his toolbox to last longer than that, mileage-wise...and they carry a TWO YEAR UNCONDITIONAL WARRANTY, bushings and all...

If JBA is not offering a lifetime warranty on his arms, ThunderbirdJunkie does not care, he will continue happily buying cast UCAs that need to be replaced every 100,000 miles.