prwillard2
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$272, shipped with no tax following the 5% off coupon. My cruiser has 15000 miles on it, but not going to pass up a deal this good.
Nitro UCA too good to pass up?
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Damn bought one as well for a "spare" set. Deal was too good to pass up. I have a set of TC uniball UCA's getting ready to go on but may go in this direction for the lower maintenance. Thanks for the deal @onelittlestar
Just closing the loop here, after a few emails they "found" my order and i have received my UCAs now.
Good deal. I may have missed this in a previous post, but has anyone confirmed that the little bracket is indeed for ahc sensor?
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You’ll need to weld on an ahc bracket. The one on there is for brake line.
I haven't gotten an update on my order in over a week. Is there a good contact that you found that I should call or email? I just tried the info@ email address.
I sent one email to both sales@dpioffroad.com and info@nitro-gear.com
DPI then forwarded my email to customerservice@nitro-gear.com
The email i sent to info@justdifferentials.com was never responded to.
Edit: I see now, the tab on the Nitro arm is on the section where the ball joint is closer to the rear bushing, where the AHC bracket is on the longer section towards the front bushing. The tab on the Nitro gear, is also parallel to the bushing through hole whereas the nitro tab is perpendicular. Maybe it's not difficult to transfer the tab from the OEM control arm over to the Nitro. Or maybe i'll be selling these along to some LC owner...
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I suspect that adding the tab from your old control arm isn't a very large lift.Edit: I see now, the tab on the Nitro arm is on the section where the ball joint is closer to the rear bushing, where the AHC bracket is on the longer section towards the front bushing. The tab on the Nitro gear, is also parallel to the bushing through hole whereas the nitro tab is perpendicular. Maybe it's not difficult to transfer the tab from the OEM control arm over to the Nitro. Or maybe i'll be selling these along to some LC owner...
Thanks!
Edit: I see now, the tab on the Nitro arm is on the section where the ball joint is closer to the rear bushing, where the AHC bracket is on the longer section towards the front bushing. The tab on the Nitro gear, is also parallel to the bushing through hole whereas the nitro tab is perpendicular. Maybe it's not difficult to transfer the tab from the OEM control arm over to the Nitro. Or maybe i'll be selling these along to some LC owner...
While these arms look great, curious if there's a functional reason you're looking for aftermarket UCAs? How much of a sensor lift are you shooting for?
I wasn't planning to run too much lift. Not more than 1-2" tops, I was mostly looking at it as a cheap maintenance item that also could get alignment back closer to spec. I realize it may cause more trouble than it's worth if overshooting.
It wouldn't cause any trouble. You can run aftermarket UCA's with zero lift or stock suspension components if you wish. Travel would still be limited by all other oem parts.
These UCAs have built in caster "correction" so they are not exactly the same as OEM.
- 3 Degrees additional caster.
As i understand it (which is most likely not well), this is good when lifting because the natural motion of suspension travel when lifting causes a loss of caster. But since i won't be lifting much, i may not actually need to adjust for this. Nitro definitely claims that these work with no suspension modification, but I assume that means, works but with increased caster.
My overall thoughts are:
on the positives/indifferent side:
a. that it may not be necessary
b. It may possibly allow me to get to factory specs without being maxed out within the OEM LCA adjusters with a small amount of lift
c. On sale these arms were cheaper than OEM and mine are 13 yrs old now so wouldn't hurt to replace for new bushings and wear
on the negatives side:
a. additional caster will make larger tires (>34") harder to fit most likely (Body mount clearance)
b. having to modify them to work with AHC height sensors.
c. Could possibly make it too hard to get back to factory specs on caster if i don't run enough lift.
All that to say, I'm not married to them. I could easily let them sit on my shelf for a year and decide not to use them and sell them along.
just found this deal! smoking deal, even just as extras. I didn't get under $300, but pretty close. I was just browsing options to replace my old man Emu UCA's. I may have damaged/ loosened one of the ball joint recently servicing. It didn't fail on its own. Def user error on my part.
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I have been using these for the last few years with great results, the sale price is too good to pass up. Before buying them I did some research and it looks like they are essentially the same as the Blackhawk UCAs out of Australia. Possibly made by the same manufacturer ?
I reached out to Nitro Gear to find out about this and haven’t heard back yet.
Word of caution the Blackhawk UCAs had a recall issued to replace the upper ball joint. The recall is for 2017-2019 years of production and for specific batch numbers listed on the ball joint under the dust cap. My ball joint has the same batch ID number that is recalled by Blackhawk.
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I reached out to Nitro Gear to find out about this and haven’t heard back yet.
Word of caution the Blackhawk UCAs had a recall issued to replace the upper ball joint. The recall is for 2017-2019 years of production and for specific batch numbers listed on the ball joint under the dust cap. My ball joint has the same batch ID number that is recalled by Blackhawk.
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Hopefully they're not selling UCAs with a recalled ball joint. Mine have a delivery ETA of tomorrow, though I'm rural and there's usually a +1 to those dates. I'll make sure to pop the cap to verify and report back.
prwillard2
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Mine are en route, delivery this weekend. I never received a receipt or anything via email. I didn't even know they were shipping until I got a text from FedEx saying they were on their way.
Perhaps the voicemail to their sales line saying I was going to initiate a charge back unless I got an update inspired them to create my shipping label and ship them out within 2 hours of said voicemail.
Perhaps the voicemail to their sales line saying I was going to initiate a charge back unless I got an update inspired them to create my shipping label and ship them out within 2 hours of said voicemail.
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Tough crowd in here… it’s late 2022
prwillard2
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is this lot on the recall list?
