Upper control arm question

what are my options on UCA's that will correct my caster but use a factory style ball joint and not a uniball?

I don't need an extra inch of travel and when the uniballs start getting loose the noise makes me crazy. I put on around 50k miles a year so long term reliability is key for me.

 

Light Racing UCA

 

Sweet, thanks.

 

I have the camburg balljoint UCA's. They work good, are not adjustable like the Light Racing UCA's though.

 

I also have the Camburg UCA's with moog ball joints. They have been great.

 

I have been looking into this as well. So far the options I have found are Light Racing and Camburg as mentioned and another member pointed me to check out JBA. A third option for you.

 

Does anyone know the longevity of the balljoints in the various different models? All I've really heard are that none hold up as well as OEM. I have about 15k on my Camburgs so far.

 

I have 25k on mine and I've wheeled her pretty hard at times, no issues so far.

 

Cool, how often do you grease them?

 

Everytime I rotate the tires, so every 5k or so.

 

I've been going with every other rotate, and greasing the bushings as well. I guess it wouldn't hurt to do it more often. I have a weird clunking sound on the drivers side occasionally. Everything is tight, wondering if it's the brakes or something..

 

I wish I would have added more grease to the bushing when I installed them, I'm getting a little squeak. I might try some silicone spray or pull the bolt and grease them when I do my 30k service.

Could be the LCA bushings, what suspension setup do you have?

 

Crappy spacers, soon to be replaced with 6112's. I was thinking LCA bushings as well, not sure of a good way to test them..

Alignment wise they were great when I first put them on. 3.1 caster on both sides, drove great. I had it realigned when I got new tires, they screwed something up. At 1.5 caster and it kinda wanders a bit. Will get it done again after the 6112's I guess. The toe always seems to go out after awhile on one side as well for some reason. Not UCA related though obviously.