Road salt effects on lifts

StandingCow · Feb 16, 2011

Holy shit mike, the salt turned your UCA black and moved your fox reservoir!!

S.B. · Feb 16, 2011

Well I guess I should wash my truck, when I get to feeling better (I hope this weekend).

Razorecko · Feb 17, 2011

Oswego said: ↑

So I heard back from TC regarding the pics in my uniballs and they said I quote

"The uniball that we use in our UCA’s is constructed from 4130 Chromoly and has a hard-chrome finish. If you live in an area that uses a lot of salt and other chemicals on the road the hard chrome finish can start to pit and or rust. There is an alternative uniball that uses a stainless steel ball as opposed to a chrome plated one that should hold up better under those conditions.

Ill go for the uniball pitting so quickly even thought I took good care of them. I just wish a stainless ball was mentioned in some sort of literature or catalog cause I would of gotten it. It's not on their site nor did I see it on the vendors sites. This is an option the northern guys need to get.
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Thats b.s. ! I would have done the same if I would have known it was an avialable option, chicago salt suuuuuuuuuuuucks

mjp2 · Feb 17, 2011

YFZ_TRD said: ↑

That's not the exact same set up is it? It looks like a completely different UCA and the extra shock's reservoir is in a different spot
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The bypass shock reservoir wasn't mounted and was sitting in the engine compartment in the first pic.

I chopped the UCAs to convert to heim joints and added coil bucket gussets for the double-shear benefits on the UCA mounting bolts. I got tired of bending those things.

Pictures taken about 6-7 months apart. No 2 pictures of my pile will match exactly as I'm always swapping out something.

AK27 · Feb 17, 2011

mjp2 said: ↑

The bypass shock reservoir wasn't mounted and was sitting in the engine compartment in the first pic.

I chopped the UCAs to convert to heim joints and added coil bucket gussets for the double-shear benefits on the UCA mounting bolts. I got tired of bending those things.

Pictures taken about 6-7 months apart. No 2 pictures of my pile will match exactly as I'm always swapping out something.
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your jackstands always stay the same though!

mjp2 · Feb 17, 2011

AK27 said: ↑

your jackstands always stay the same though!
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Thanks to the constant use, even with all the salt they never get a chance to rust.

AK27 · Feb 17, 2011

mjp2 said: ↑

Thanks to the constant use, even with all the salt they never get a chance to rust.
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do you buy them in bulk? like a 10 pack? just in case they do rust?

mgrande · Feb 17, 2011

I live in florida and have no issues with road salt

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