Stock Wheels and aftermarket UCA's

[Deleted member 12951]

Package came yesterday. Next week!

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Putting closure to my quest. Posted in the What did you do today also. Finally got these installed, no rubbing with stock wheels and tires. These cannot be adjusted when on the truck, gotta tear down the suspension to make further adjustments.

 

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

You think it would be possible to RTV a rubber cap over it? Just thinking that it would keep the debris out that way on the ball.

The bottom would still be exposed. Why would one on top be better or beneficial? (honest question, not being sarcastic).

 

[Deleted member 12951]

The bottom would still be exposed. Why would one on top be better or beneficial? (honest question, not being sarcastic).

Well I am no expert but I would think it is more likely that dirt, mud, dirty snow, etc could collect on top of the uniball and eventually creep its way down since it is an exposed moving part. Underneath would get dirty but nothing could literally sit on top of it. Have to keep an eye on it. With a cap would not have to worry about it as much but still a maintenance item.

 

[Yukon Joe]

The WD-40 is a good idea for winter. I use electrical grease and liquid Teflon on mine. I keep the Teflon $5 squeeze bottle from Lowe's in my driver side door and hit the UCA abs tie rods every few weeks.


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[Deleted member 12951]

The WD-40 is a good idea for winter. I use electrical grease and liquid Teflon on mine. I keep the Teflon $5 squeeze bottle from Lowe's in my driver side door and hit the UCA abs tie rods every few weeks.

Actually I am ordering this:
Tri-Flow TF0021060 Superior Lubricant Drip Bottle- 6 oz:Amazon:Automotive

 

[Buster096]

^ thats the stuff you want to use. Don't use any oily lubricants because they will attract more dirt and crap into the uni's and can make them wear even faster.

 

[Jordan@Apollo-Optics]

The WD-40 is a good idea for winter. I use electrical grease and liquid Teflon on mine. I keep the Teflon $5 squeeze bottle from Lowe's in my driver side door and hit the UCA abs tie rods every few weeks.


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The UCA's and Tie Rods will definitely let you know when they need to be lubed. Your truck will start to sound like an old busted ass chevy when turning if they need lubrication lol. And mine seem to be the same as yours...roughly once a month seems to be about when they need a squirt of lubricant.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Okay, today I took off my front wheels to do some cleaning, sprayed the shocks with Bioshield T9 and put on the ICON shock covers. Well to my disbelief, the Rogue UCA's are hitting the coilovers on the ICON 3.0's at full droop. No idea how much further it can droop or how much down travel I am loosing. Plus this is going to tear up the ICON covers that I still went ahead and put on. Well shit. I am thinking now that I should have went with a tubular design UCA like camburg or total chaos. Hope this helps someone else out...

 

[SlimChaChi]

Wow man that sucks, side note, those icon sleeves are sweet, I have them...they're real nice. Wonder if icon or rogue can chime in, see if they can help you out with the issue.


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