Currie Lower Front Control Arms

TheGrendel · Jul 23, 2017

Anybody still running Currie's up front? I installed mine yesterday, and I watched the Currie installation video on youtube. They installed the arms with the zerks facing down. However, they are clearly at risk of getting knocked off. Is anybody here running Currie's? Did you swap the arms so the zerks were up?

cozdude · Jul 23, 2017

TheGrendel said:
Anybody still running Currie's up front? I installed mine yesterday, and I watched the Currie installation video on youtube. They installed the arms with the zerks facing down. However, they are clearly at risk of getting knocked off. Is anybody here running Currie's? Did you swap the arms so the zerks were up?

Just turn the joint one more 1/2 turn do it faces up......

pedroj14 · Jul 23, 2017

TheGrendel said:
Anybody still running Currie's up front? I installed mine yesterday, and I watched the Currie installation video on youtube. They installed the arms with the zerks facing down. However, they are clearly at risk of getting knocked off. Is anybody here running Currie's? Did you swap the arms so the zerks were up?

I do not have Currie front lowers, but I have the same joints on my Evo Mfg front lower arms and made sure the grease zerks were on top to prevent damage.

TheGrendel · Jul 23, 2017

pedroj14 said:
I do not have Currie front lowers, but I have the same joints on my Evo Mfg front lower arms and made sure the grease zerks were on top to prevent damage.

are you able to reach them? or do you have to unbolt to grease? didn't seem like enough room in there.

WJCO · Jul 23, 2017

I went with high clearance zerks. I haven't had them that long, but no hits yet.

pedroj14 · Jul 23, 2017

It is definitely easier to unbolt and grease

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JKbrick · Jul 23, 2017

Put mine up but put 90* zerks on them

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TheGrendel · Jul 23, 2017

WJCO said:
I went with high clearance zerks. I haven't had them that long, but no hits yet.

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That looks like a great option. What attachment do you use to grease them?

kentuckianajk · Jul 23, 2017

I have Currie arms all the way around with the fittings faceing up and found it easier to drop the front arms and lube them. they do sell a greaseeable bolt that may make things easier.

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JKbrick · Jul 23, 2017

kentuckianajk said:
I have Currie arms all the way around with the fittings faceing up and found it easier to drop the front arms and lube them. they do sell a greaseeable bolt that may make things easier.

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A greaseable bolt wouldn't do you any good on a Johnny Joint

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kentuckianajk · Jul 24, 2017

JKbrick said:
A greaseable bolt wouldn't do you any good on a Johnny Joint

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Odd. Currie sells them for their Johnny Joints

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JKbrick · Jul 24, 2017

kentuckianajk said:
Odd. Currie sells them for their Johnny Joints

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Really? I figured the grease needed to be between the housing and the bushing, seems like all the bolt would do is squirt it in the middle. I thought that's why the zerk is on the outside. Sorry if I misinformed you

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Jackal01 · Jul 24, 2017

When I had curries I turned them up and put 90s on.

JKDream · Jul 24, 2017

TheGrendel said:
That looks like a great option. What attachment do you use to grease them?

You use a needle attachment with a blunt tip.

Looks like this. They make ones that clip into a regular grease attachment as well.

Works 100x better than the standard nipples/attachments.

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WJCO · Jul 24, 2017

TheGrendel said:
That looks like a great option. What attachment do you use to grease them?

I've only had these for a short time but haven't hit them yet. The attachment is called a Lincoln needle. It's not the tiny one that looks like a sewing needle though.

TheGrendel · Jul 24, 2017

:clap2:

Nice. Will likely change these out.

Andy5160 · Jul 24, 2017

My zerks facing up so I will be dropping arms when the time comes to grease the joints.

zimm · Jul 24, 2017

I just installed these in my sister's JK, fittings up. Do they need to be greased when new? We didn't add any grease thinking they would be lubed from currie (and my brother in law didn't have a grease gun).

TheGrendel · Jul 24, 2017

zimm said:
I just installed these in my sister's JK, fittings up. Do they need to be greased when new? We didn't add any grease thinking they would be lubed from currie (and my brother in law didn't have a grease gun).

I went ahead and greased mine just because.

aTX427 · Jul 25, 2017

WJCO said:
I went with high clearance zerks. I haven't had them that long, but no hits yet.

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I need to look into these.

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