Stock A-Arms for trail spares?

MojaveKJ · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:52 am

Hello all, I am getting set to install a set of JBA v4.5 A-arms and I was wondering if I should keep the stock arms and carry them as trail spares. If needed it is OK to run one JBA and one Jeep A-arm to finish the run and get home after a trail break? Or would both stock Jeep arms need to be swapped in on the trail before heading on?

And sort of on the same topic, what do you LOST Jeepers use in the KJ to keep spares secure and tied down so the heavy steel parts are not shifting around in the Jeep while on the trail at steep angles?

I am leaning toward a couple of the smaller Rubbermaid Action Packers and some tie-down straps for this until I can design and build my cargo area storage system but would like to know (see...pix please...!) what others have done.

Thanks to all for reading and responding!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:53 am

Yes, a stock arm will get you home if you bust the JBA UCA. There is no need to change both if one fails.........

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:31 am

I carry a spare UCA under the back seat on my wifes KJ along w/ some other odds and ends. Trucker bungee cords keep it all in place just fine.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:37 am

thats where most of my spares are, fan belt, spare UCA, tie rod ends, ujoints, idler pulley , oil, trans fluid and way too much other stuff

great location

MojaveKJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:03 am

Good to know about the mixing of A-arms if needed. I'm going to have to work out a way to safely keep the spares in the cargo area. I removed the back seat and have not yet come up with a solution for the cargo area to do what I need it to do...carry my stuff and be a decent sleeping area too. I've seen some good ideas in the Fabrication section and just need to enlist the help of a friend of mine to help with the design and build, he has a great talent for this "improvised carpentry" stuff.

Thankd all! Happy Jeepin'!

-Tony
aka
MojaveKJ

MojaveKJ · **Posted:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:50 pm

OK so I went ahead and replaced the tie-rod ends when I replaced the rack and pinion but the old ones still seem viable so I think I'll carry those as well. I also have the bearing hubs but I'm pretty sure one of them is bad so I probably won't carry those. They are pretty heavy too so...

Building the kit, bit by bit... :JEEPIN:

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:42 pm

I'd still carry those hubs, at least if you need it you will have something to get you off the trail.

MojaveKJ · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:31 am

JJsKJ wrote:

I'd still carry those hubs, at least if you need it you will have something to get you off the trail.

Even with the weight? Those suckers are heavy! I'm collecting quite a bit of front end components as spares so I'm thinking the next "fun" KJ project may just be a platform and storage compartment system for the back, similar to those I've seen in the Fab section here and also some on ExpeditionPortal.com that I like. There's going to be a lot of stuff to carry!

I'm now remembering what a wise man once told me, "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it". Not original I know, but fits well for this post I believe.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:11 pm

If they are removed from the knuckles, they shouldn't be all that heavy. They are an item that could end a trip, I'd consider them. Haven't looked at them closely recently, trying to remember if both sides are interchangeable?

ridenby · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:26 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

If they are removed from the knuckles, they shouldn't be all that heavy. They are an item that could end a trip, I'd consider them. Haven't looked at them closely recently, trying to remember if both sides are interchangeable?

Yes,they are same.

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