Long Travel BS Thread

what could be making a rattle noise from my rear end if the leafs are tight, my lugs are tight, my bed is tight, and my shocks are tight, its driving me insane!!

 

Gas door?

You have anything mounted back there? My hi lift makes all sorts of noises.

 

cage starts tomorrow!

 

i swear its my leafs or drive shaft anyone had similar noise?

 

EDIT: Late. Already been said.

 

Oh nevermind

 

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How often do you go through uniballs, mine creak clunk and have play after 12K miles. Lowers clunking nicely, teflon has begun to peel out too.

 

It's the snow/salt. Winter kills them. I went 18k on my last ones.

I suggest switching out the lowers for Stainless steel when you swap them out, the uppers you're stuck with mild steel as no one makes 1.25" Stainless Uniballs.

My uppers are already starting to corrode/rust & the lowers look brand new.

 

Anyone know the best/good price i can get Lower control arm cam tab gussets and Lower control arm bushings? i see TC sells them, but no where to purchase them on there sight?

 

Aren't the 1.25" uniballs that camburg uses stainless?

 

No. They're Aurora Bearings branded, suppose to be a higher quality then FK, but no not stainless.

 

They don't sell directly usually. Poly or Kartek will most likely have them if you call

 

Auroras are not mild steel! They are some of the best. Most are Teflon coated 4130 or 4140 and heat treated.

 

Once a year average, 15-18k miles..had this kit for almost 4 years now.. but just as mentioned, type of use and abuse, geographical regions all effect normal wear and tear. LT kits regardless of whos the manufacturer is high maintenance. Replacing hiems and uni-balls ofton should be expected as part of proper maintenance even tho it seems excess when compared to maintaining a stock truck .

Do I get mad when I have to replace worn parts? Heck no, i think about the abuse I put my junk through..from DD, crawling, towing, and of course prerunning ..just all part of it

 

if you are using the camburg 1.25" uniballs they last for crap . the races are thinner than a 1" uniball race and ive had some customers that have to change them out about every 10-15k miles.

aurora 1" uniballs usually last a long time. 20-30k miles at the min with a mixed use truck. i have a set with 10k on them and they are still tight

i seem to go through shock uniballs the quickest , usually every 8-10k miles depending on how much i hit the dirt.

the biggest problem with accelerated spherical bearing wear is the misalingment spacers. how they were machined,radius tolerance , mating edge and finish all play a part .in either letting too much grime in from too much clearance. beating the liner up from too big a machined radius, the transition tearing the liner up . and the surface finish having machining grooves in them also tearing up the liner .

 

I never have used Aurora before but I stand by the JMX FK series uniballs as they have exceeded my expectations.

 

Lowers will be done today

 

seks

 

X2 mine lasted about 30k, i had em on since i got my kit in '10 and im just replacing em. Granted i was gone for the military for 8 months but besides that they held up through all kinds of shit

 

What have you picked up for gussets?
Your an 05, so your motormounts arent gusseted..