Calling all IronMan 4x4 Fab adjustable UCA owners

Hey guys,

I'm balls-deep in the lift install on my '01 XJ and ran into a bit of a conundrum when determining the orientation of my IronMan 4x4 Fab adjustable upper control arms... Chassis-side, the grease zerk is oriented at a 90 degree angle to the rest of the arm:



Now, as those who have worked with the front suspension already know, the chassis-side mount is somewhat of a cup welded to the chassis... Should the zerks face up or down?

I can't for the life of me figure out whether or not they'll be accessible in either position, and would *really* like to avoid having to remove them again after my hour-long battle removing the passenger-side UCA chassis bolt in the first place. The arms I own were bought during his beta almost a year ago (sorry man :/) and did not come with much in the way of documentation/recommendations. I'd really like to avoid bugging Andy over the holiday weekend, so let me know your thoughts.

Thanks in advance!

Im not sure the oriention of the arms but they do sell zerks that are bent at 45 and 90*, that should help

I would face the zerks down. It may be pretty hard to get grease in it the other way around. Are you satisfied with the build quality of these? I have been wanting a set.

They're solid as hell, no doubt. Unfortunately I have zero miles on them as of yet, so we'll see . Given my experiences with Andy and doing initial adjustments, I think they're gonna be great.

Thanks for the input - I think pointing the zerks down makes the most sense. If greasing them is a problem I'll track down some angled ones.

anthrax323 said:

They're solid as hell, no doubt. Unfortunately I have zero miles on them as of yet, so we'll see . Given my experiences with Andy and doing initial adjustments, I think they're gonna be great.

Thanks for the input - I think pointing the zerks down makes the most sense. If greasing them is a problem I'll track down some angled ones.

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If you rip them off I guess i was wrong!

Fortunately these are the uppers, so if I rip them off I'm doing something really, really wrong

Hahaha, uppers. I'm a ratard! I guess i didn't read the name of the thread!!

lol, no sweat buddy. Looks like my late-night install plans have hit a snag anyway... 10 seconds into drilling out my track bar mount, my only 5/8" bit seized and bent. Milwaukee isn't pleasing me much right now :/. Time to see if Walmart has one, though I highly, highly doubt it.