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WJCO said:

Any abnormal symptoms or did you just happen to randomly see it when you were doing an inspection?

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fiend said:

Nothing I can recall. I’m not out there slinging back Bud Lights and jumping the thing. Just normal wheeling. Crawling mostly.


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fiend said:

Lately I had been noticing a little looseness in the steering. Nothing too serious. Like you get with zero toe. I checked the ball joints a few weeks ago and they definitely seemed worn out using the standard test methods. I saw a little extra camber and figured it was the worn ball joints. I’ve had some prosteers sitting in my garage for a while, waiting to be installed. But I wasn’t having any death wobble, and the Jeep otherwise felt pretty good, so I haven’t been too motivated to do the swap. I’m motivated now though. [emoji23]


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Brute said:

JB Weld for the win!...

Seriously, it's a good thing you caught this before a serious hill climb in Moab...

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Brute said:

I have a set of stock knuckle I took off Brute after I put in some Reid's...but the shipping would cost you...

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fiend said:

Thanks. I’m checking out the options. I’d like to upgrade strengthwise, but they all seem to have the raised tie rod which would be a pain for me.


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fiend said:

Thanks. I’m checking out the options. I’d like to upgrade strengthwise, but they all seem to have the raised tie rod which would be a pain for me.


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Exodus Jeeps said:

Yes, it’s a pain in the ass to raise it it’ll up and then you start having hoses rubbing in all new places.


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fiend said:

Are there any aftermarket ones that are beefier but without the raised tie rod?


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JKbrick said:

Could be wrong but I thought you could do the Reid with the drag link in the stock position?


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fiend said:

Are there any aftermarket ones that are beefier but without the raised tie rod?


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fiend said:

Are there any aftermarket ones that are beefier but without the raised tie rod?

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Benito said:

Just get another OEM knuckle, yours happened to fail, but how many are still driving around with thousands more miles than your with the same setup?

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