Bilstein UCA

Oh boy man.. DM me.. I had the squeaks bad w these.. easy fix just takes some elbow grease

 

Put these on my wife’s 4runner. Installed like every other UCA and per directions. Started bad squeaks within a week, took them off and noticed wear marks on inner sleeve and outside washer. Buffed to a polish, greased and re installed. Quite for about 8 miles and squeaks are back. There is a noticeable amount of play in UCA front to back, which I suspect is causing a bind when tighten. Was planning on machining new inner sleeve and Delrin bushing but don’t feel like I should be working on a new product.

 

I need to upgrade my stock suspension as well so following.

 

Mine are running fine, for all I know these Bilstein UCA's are made by Dirt King.

Can even buy the ball caps from Dirt King and they fit the caps on the Bilsteins.

https://dirtking.com/products/toyota-ball-joint-caps

 

Hey man, I just ordered a set of the Bilstein UCAs and also grabbed the overpriced dust caps from Dirt King. Just wanted to ask if you had any issues with squeaking or anything I should know before installing the UCAs?

 

Yes.. make sure you grease your zerks.. and more importantly MAKE SURE YOU GREASE THE SHIT OUT OF THE BUSHINGS.. that squeak was horrible.. I had to loosen everything and try and grease as best as possible to fix my issue.. it worked.. hope this helps

 

agree just grease well from get go and monitor.

otherwise zero issues.