LOL, mad? Nah Bruh. You just get the replies you've earned. You spew opinions and call them facts, then babble on. It's boring and tired.
One feature that no one has mentioned is the upper ball joint retainer that metalcloak and synergy if you think the circlip will hold is knuckle retention following a u joint failure on an obstacle.
Original ball joints were replace around 96,000 miles with Synergy ball joints and they were holding up great when I sold it. I greased them liberally and frequently with Mobil
My JT mojave is still on the stock ball joints and will pass 30k miles on the roadtrip we are currently on, all but the 1st 1100 miles have been on 37s. The wife's JLUR is on teraflex and 39s. Made it just under 30k before they were swapped. Currently at 40k. I'm not arguing dynatracs aren't a quality product but I haven't seen them last any longer than other hd aftermarket options and at $800 plus $150 for the rebuild kit and $38 for the glue (that should be included in the rebuild kit) you're looking at $1,000 for 2 sets of ball joints where the teraflex would cost you $900 for 3 and in my opinion that's more than the life of the Jeep.
I don't think I stated anything as facts aside from the fact that a rebuild doesn't save any time as it's effectively more work minus the pressing. Everything still comes apart and the time degreasing and gluing alone would take longer than the pressing. Everything else is experience and simple math. If I can buy nearly 3 sets of hd ball joints for the cost of 1 set of dynatrac and 4 sets would be the break even point that math doesn't math for me.
Thanks. I have Dynatrac ball joints in my 392 and haven't had any problems with them. They have already lasted longer than the OEM ball joints did. I really think the steering feel is better now with 40s than it was even when brand new and totally stock. And it is night and day better than it was compared to when the OEM ball joints needed replaced. I also had visible play in the drag link ends. So when I changed ball joints I also replaced the OEM tie rod and drag link with Metalcloak parts, and added a Metalcloak sector shaft brace and track bar brace, all at the same time. The improvement from all of that completely blew me away. I have had Jeeps since the early 70s and I've never had one drive that good.
Where are you getting $800 from? The Dynatracs are $550. Add the $160 rebuild kit and they're a little bit over $100 more than two sets of Teraflex. For that premium, you don't need to worry about pressing the joints again, which was a PITA on the set I helped do this past weekend.
$730 in the 1st quick search I did. I see Northridge has them for $550 so that makes it closer. I've also seen people on 37s get 50k out of the stock ball joints so it's definitely a crap shoot there. The break even point would still be at the 3rd set of teraflex hd ball joints vs the dynatrac so I'm still confident most would be better served with that option over the life of the Jeep.
True but even the rebuild means the same amount of time as replacing a non-rebuildable set so isn't that a wash across any set of ball joints? I don't think anyone is arguing to replace the stock plastic lined joints with stock, but from what I've read all the hd joints seem to last about the same?
So, my bad. The quips about saying what people should buy and facts/opinions were a poor attempted digs at Zandc and it was douchie. I only offered a solution to your
conundrum, because you brought it up.
Yeah man, that's not a fact, it's what you believe, an opinion.
How is a rebuild faster? The disassembly is the same and you're trading pressing for rebuild, degreasing, and gluing. Unless you've never used a ball joint press before it couldn't possibly be. That's a fact not an opinion. If you could rebuild them without pulling shafts, knuckles, etc there's a time savings but that's not the case. That's like arguing a brake pad replacement will save you time vs buying a set of loaded calipers. The work is the same.
Sounds like an opinion.
