DIY: Kinetix front adj A arm install
im assuming, havent gone and gotten any grease. the mechanic that works on our military vehicles said to buy some synthetic and use the grease gun. im assuming its just a basic grease gun. army doesnt go to extravagant on anything
and by the way do i have the old ones or new ones, mine are black?
and by the way do i have the old ones or new ones, mine are black?
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I have had the Kinetix arms for about a year. Good customer service - they sent me the redesigned full-boot ball joints after mine (the same ones the OP has, with the red boot) failed after a few months. OP, you might want to request these from Kinetix as the exposed ball joint will wear out in a matter of months (I went through two sets of ball joints from two different generations of a-arms.)
These work fine and are plenty sturdy, but the adjustment system is a double edged sword. On the positive side, you can adjust them yourself with the knowledge that each turn equals approximately .3 of camber change. On the negative side, good luck getting an alignment shop to go the effort to properly adjust them. If the shop is willing to work on them, they may charge extra for the effort required to adjust these.
These work fine and are plenty sturdy, but the adjustment system is a double edged sword. On the positive side, you can adjust them yourself with the knowledge that each turn equals approximately .3 of camber change. On the negative side, good luck getting an alignment shop to go the effort to properly adjust them. If the shop is willing to work on them, they may charge extra for the effort required to adjust these.
find someone else running those springs and find out there camber would be the closest. its not going to throw your camber way out of whack. im not sure on how much adjustable is on the ichiba arms........i didnt even take a look after seeing all the bad reviews.
youve gone a year without greasing them? they must be creaky as hell
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yeah i'll try that, i just bought them because this guy was selling them slightly used for 140 shipped.
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FYI - if any of you are getting creaking sounds even after you grease your bushings make sure you get a can of Wd-40 with the red straw and stick it inside the covered ball joint and spray a little in there. I was going crazy with the creaking and took everything apart only to find out this simple solution. Now my Kinetix arms are dead silent.
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