Ball Joint Upgrade

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Ian Christiansen

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Location

Shelby Township, MI

• Jan 17, 2015

• #1

Time to do ball joints again and I was wondering if anybody has any experience with either the Synergy or Alloy USA ball joints on a D30? Are they worth the money and do they actually last longer than the Moogs I've been using? Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

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md21722

NAXJA Forum User

Location

TN

• Jan 17, 2015

• #2

Use Spicer!

My factory Spicers lasted 10x longer than MOOG replacements.

270,000 vs 27,000

Same tire size throughout

 

whitexj98

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Location

Cali

• Jan 17, 2015

• #3

I'm happy with Alloys for the price hard to beat and they come with a 5 year warranty.

 

rockclimber

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Location

San Diego

• Jan 17, 2015

• #4

I wouldn't run anything alloy USA sells if you paid me. I've seen the terrible quality of their axles

 

RoyalXJ

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Location

West Deptford, NJ

• Jan 17, 2015

• #5

Go synergy if you have the cash. Spicer if not.

 

rocknxj

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Location

Clinton, Utah (SLC area)

• Jan 19, 2015

• #6

I cheaper out and went with Omix Ada and they lasted 2k miles. I replaced them with Synergy and believe they will outlast my XJ.

 

Hellbent

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Location

san diego, california

• Jan 19, 2015

• #7

another vote for the Synergy's.

 

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x-jay vision

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Location

Albuquerque, NM

• Jan 19, 2015

• #8

I have been more than happy with my Alloys.

 

sidewaysstarion

Coffee Drinker

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Location

Torrance, CA

• Jan 19, 2015

• #9

Yeah... Synergy's are great...


that was after 8 months and ~10k miles

 

mako my day

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Location

Aliso Viejo

• Jan 19, 2015

• #10

My alloy usa seem to be great so far. They get beat on weekly.
Dirt cheap too.

 

rockclimber

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San Diego

• Jan 19, 2015

• #11

spicer.

 

cal

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Location

Hammertown, USA

• Jan 20, 2015

• #12

I will only run Synergy's.

I've only seen one set go bad, and everything else on that front end seemed to go bad too, like maybe cracker sabotaged it..

 

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devildog0

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Location

Hunt County Texas

• Jan 20, 2015

• #13

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rockclimber

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San Diego

• Jan 20, 2015

• #14

cal said:

I will only run Synergy's.

I've only seen one set go bad, and everything else on that front end seemed to go bad too, like maybe cracker sabotaged it..

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meh. I can understand why you would want them in your race rig.

I don't believe for a second that they are worth the cost for anyone else running a d30

 

cal

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Hammertown, USA

• Jan 20, 2015

• #15

My old cherokee ran spicers. I had to replace them like 2-3 times a year.

The synergy's would have been cheaper..

 

rockclimber

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San Diego

• Jan 20, 2015

• #16

cal said:

My old cherokee ran spicers. I had to replace them like 2-3 times a year.

The synergy's would have been cheaper..

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the spicers in my 30 have been in there for nearly a decade. and they are still tight enough that I don't "need" to replace them, but I am going to so that I can keep them as spares.

I can think of several other rigs just like that.

I know of almost nobody other than you that has had bad luck with spicers.

 

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Ian Christiansen

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Location

Shelby Township, MI

• Jan 25, 2015

• #17

Ball joints are done. I want to say thanks to Frank at Serious Offroad for making sure I received them today after a shipping screw up that wasn't his fault. On a side note, ball joints are stupid.

 

Serious Offroad

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Location

Colorado Springs

• Jan 25, 2015

• #18

I'm really happy to hear you got them Ian.