has anyone ever seen an upper control arm break at the welds

1996xj · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:02 pm

How long have you had you'rs chris ??

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:07 pm

1996xj wrote:

How long have you had you'rs chris ??

Got them for christmas last year...

I have put some miles on them... and they have been Off Road 5 times.... You'll love that they are greasable....

I say bite the bullet.... GET EM!

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:11 pm

Yes get the 4.5s for sure, thats what Chris and I have, well all the cool guys do, right Chris :lol:

I would like to have a set of 5s though, but not sure if he even made anymore after he started making the 4.5s. Like to have them when I redo just to see how they would work with more lift than I have now :wink:

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:49 pm

1996xj wrote:

Well, I bought a set of Moog factory arm's 4 or 5 month's ago and the driver's side balljoint is aready loose !!!!!!!, Man I don't know, has anyone seen or heard of problem's with al's new arm/design ???????

Wanna buy a pair of cheapies for $75?

sprsonic · **Posted:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:06 pm

it must be who you know tom because marlon told me he was not responsible for the old version of al's arms and i did'nt get anything other than the discounted trade in price of almost three hundo after shipping

jnaut · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:14 pm

durangotang wrote:

They are an LLC... I think that's their insurance

LLC isn't insurance, all that does is keep the principals from being personally sued. Ie, the company can still be sued into the dirt, but that suit or liability cannot extend to the personal property of the owners.

jg45 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:30 am

I looked up recalls for the '03 Liberty on the NTSB website and saw Rock Krawler listed. Apparently they used some grade 2 bolts where they should have used grade 5. Have any of the JBA A-Arm failures been reported to the NTSB? I would think that with that high a rate of failure, that they (the NTSB) may get involved.

jg45 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:35 am

I am about to go to Colorado and Moab for two weeks of wheeling. I have what I believe to be the Gen 2 A-arms. I am now pretty nervous about them failing. Is there anything I can check before we leave and during the trip to make sure that they are going to be OK? I can see going down Black Bear trying to make the really tight switchback and the A-Arm breaks.

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:37 am

jg45 wrote:

I am about to go to Colorado and Moab for two weeks of wheeling. I have what I believe to be the Gen 2 A-arms. I am now pretty nervous about them failing. Is there anything I can check before we leave and during the trip to make sure that they are going to be OK? I can see going down Black Bear trying to make the really tight switchback and the A-Arm breaks.

Check for rust at the welds... I'd take your old OEM's with you for insurance.... :wink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:39 am

Just clean them really well around the welds and check them close, same thing you do with any part befoe you leave on a long trip.

Interesting what you found regarding Rock Krawler as well :wink:

jg45 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:32 pm

tommudd wrote:

Just clean them really well around the welds and check them close, same thing you do with any part befoe you leave on a long trip.

Interesting what you found regarding Rock Krawler as well :wink:

Do they usually show signs of cracks before they break?

has anyone ever seen an upper control arm break at the welds

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