SPC, UCA Balljoint has play...8,500 miles

Thank you brother appreciate it

 

Raise of hands, how many of you made sure to re-torque the bolts before noticing that things felt loose?

 

Anyone know if there is a way to check for ball join play with wheels on the ground? I’ve got 20k miles on my SPCs and grease em every 5. but I’ve always had a slight clunk at slow speeds while turning, into my driveway for example

 

Not really…..need to get them off the ground to check

 

Is it really a clunk sound? The sway bar, lower shock bolt and camber/toe bolt will make a sound that sounds like a clunk from inside the cab, but its more like a sudden creak when you come up a driveway at an angle as they flex. moreso if you live in a place with salt and moisture. You can put a little moly on the shock bolt sleeve to alleviate that. Even in california mine sounded like the front door of the munsters house turning slowly onto a driveway.

 

No creak. Def a clunk. Been doing it for a while. Maybe the sway bars not tight?

 

the set on my FJ lasted about the same mileage. I greased every 2500. I changed them out for Camburg