You bring up a good point. As myself and JJ_SC (and likely others) purchased our 100's when they were still contemporary, they were up to date with safety & technology at that time. Lucky for me I never tested any of the safety features...
Being that we are in the now, the analog to our...
We bought our 100 in 2004 (while the 100 was still in production, lol). It has served as my wife's daily and ferried our 3 year old (now 23!) and his mom and dad to mid atlantic beaches, mountains, vacations/road trips, travel soccer, virginia tech, and all places in between since then. It is...
Obervation:
My SPC arms with replacement (updated) grease-able BJ's failed around 30-40K street miles (see post 9). This is primarily my wife's truck, and the only off road it ever see's is sand. This said, they are still on the truck with the new replacement for the replacement non zerk...
All things considered (zerk/no zerk/bushing issues)...unless you need the alignment versatility, I would not purchase the SPC's. Being that you already have them, i would monitor for abnormal tire wear/noises/wacked out alignment.
See post #9. How sure are you that the zerk is the "new" version? Context: not trying to be combative...actually really want to know my self as I've been full circle from no zerk, to zerk, back to no zerk.
Some confusion for me on this one. I have had the SPC front UCA for years now, and for the third time (a few months ago) the BJ's on the arms had to be replaced.
History:
-The original arms I purchased years ago did not have the zerk BJ but a "maintenance free" BJ which failed after about...
It was $600 to install the front covers and armrests. Still happy with the results and after a year of daily driving they still look new. Bonus: The leather smelled good to me (like a new car) after install and that new car leather smell remains after a year.
Ed
Thinking back, it was the pan and not the trans. The harness was found to have a dead pin in the connector to that solenoid. I had the harness replaced with a new one, but I suppose if you were enterprising/skilled, the pin could have likely been replaced on the harness plug...