Lower Control Arms and Steering Shaft

[dn010]

How many miles on them, are they tight or if you rotate the ends is there any play? There wasn't any production change, DMCH came up with their own version of the lower joint at some point. I've had DMCH's version and at least two sets of originals that have somehow gone bad on my car so I'm considering yours. Did you go with the Borgeson unit?

[Andrew]

All LCAs are SOLD.

The steering U-joint assembly is the stock unit. I installed the Borgeson vibration reducing U-joint assemby on 5052 and liked it so much that I did the same upgrade on 4194. I've subsequently put in excess of 10,000 miles on each car without any problems whatsoever. While I would love to sell the stock u-joint assembly, I do highly recommend the Borgeson upgrade. :-)

I was planning on keeping the 15,000 mile U-Joint assemby that I removed from 5052 as a spare, but for $50 plus shipping, I would be willing to sell the 15,000 mile assembly and keep the 73,000 mile assembly as a spare.

I'll confirm that both assemblies have no play and move smoothly later tonight.

Thanks

Andrew

[dn010]

I was just able to get the Borgeson parts on Amazon for about $120 so I will no longer need the stock unit. Sorry for all the troubles and questions.

[r00b]

I was just able to get the Borgeson parts on Amazon for about $120 so I will no longer need the stock unit. Sorry for all the troubles and questions.

Can you share the link?

[dn010]

Can you share the link?

I will PM you regarding this, I don't want to clog up the OPs sale thread. Full disclosure, though,it was only so cheap because the part prices seemed to be cut in half, I remember someone else (Farrar?) got the same deal last year around this time. I had these Amazon items "saved for later" for two years + and they may no longer be available at the price I paid, this thread reminded me to check thankfully! The same thing happened to me with a clutch kit this summer, I had it in saved for later at almost $200 and one day it happened to be $108 so I grabbed it just because.

[Andrew]

No worries on not needing my stock steering u-joints and congrats on buying the Borgeson vibrating reducing unit! I suspect that you won't be disappointed. Did you only buy the vibration reducing U-joint, or did you also buy the correct intermediate shaft and the upper u-joint? If you are already running the updated vendor supplied steering u-joints, you should be able to reuse the upper U-joint, but you may need to shorten the intermediate shaft to compensate for the fact that the vibration reducing unit is longer than the non-vibration reducing U-joint.

It should be noted that the Borgeson vibration reducing u-joint cannot be used with the stock intermediate shaft (and thus the upper u-joint) as the stock shaft is a smaller diamater.

[dn010]

I did get the two u-joints and the shaft. Cost for all of it was $126 + 7% tax and free two-day shipping. I have been waiting two years for it though!