SPC Light Racing UCA's ball joints totally shot!

Well my SPC Light Racing UCA ball joints are totally shot after 5 years of highway driving (40,000 miles). Glad they didn't exploded wile I was driving. SPC basically said I was SOL on warranty. Replaced them with the newer 25001 ball joints, so hopefully they last longer.

https://youtu.be/Xm-_COziAEc

 

Ha! You got 40K out of them, and 5 years, and expected them to be warrantied?!?!??
SMDH.

 

Yeah, maybe you guys are right. I just figured that since my last Taco's factory ball joints lasted at least 100,000 miles before I sold it, that after market ball joints would last just as long.

 

Do you look like this?

 

I'm not as young or good looking, as the real Mr. P.

 

upgrade to the greaseable ones and move on.

 

One of my faves. Watch it often.

 

Yes, I installed the 25001 replacement joints and they seem much better.

 

If Dick Proenneke made ball joints they'd be fashioned out of a pine tree burl, lubricated with Dick's sweat, and last a 1,000,000 miles. He's me spiritual mentor.

 

This is what I plan to do when mine start giving me grief. Still sad to hear yours only lasted 5 years; albeit 5 years is only about 25k miles of driving for me.

 

I just recognized the name. I've watched countless hours of his documentaries of Alaskan life!!!! I wanted to be him when I grew up. Sadly, life got in the way.

 

I had too change out the ball joints on mine too. Also changed the the spec ride bushings with the newer design, I had the ones with the 4 washers. Couldn't believe how bad the sleeves were bonded to the rubber, they're supposed to be free pivoting bushings.

 

Brining a thread back from the dead.
Whats a good UCA greasable balljoint replacement upgrade for the Light Racing set up? While we're at it, whats a nice LCA bushing upgrade?

btw, i got almost exactly the same miles (40k) on mne before they started making some noise.

 

Quoting my own post 4 years later.....

Mine squeak like a son of a b now. Doesn't appear to be the ball joints, but the bushings.

 

Im planning on drilling holes and adding zerk fittings to the bushings on mine.

 

I’ll add my 2 cents, my driver side arm started squeaking anytime I’d go over bumps. I ended up disconnected at the ball joint and spindle, cleaned it up put it back together and that fixed the squeaking. Before that I tried loosening the UCA through bolt but it still squeaked after that.