do the freedom UCA require greasing when new? cause i definitely did not do that
Yes, they do. I believe it mentions that in the instructions lol.
So, as this story concludes, you now have an overall good opinion of the UCAs (after taking them apart and having put 1 years worth of use on them)?
Honestly, I would still buy them again. For the price, and quality, they have been a great bargain purchase, however disappointing the CS.
I feel there is unfortunately more troubleshooting needed to completely 100% narrow down whether the noises is in fact ball joint related.