This is likely a distinction without difference, but I don't think it's red dirt or clay at all that is drying these things out, it's just driving down dirt roads. The front uppers were fine, they were dry but still move freely. The rear upper and lower look like they were caked in dust and dried out.
I'm just listening to them creak while I wait for Rock Krawler to start selling their Adventure Series as builder parts that I can retrofit into my arms. They keep saying they'll be on the website this fall. My uppers should be no problem but my RC lowers are huge amd take the biggest shank Rockjock makes, so there's a more than decent chance RK won't have a shank big enough. I'll either have to retrofit Metalcloaks into those or buy RK lowers.
what are the adventure series joints made of?
They're kinda like a Metalcloak joint but with a bearing instead of letting the rubber spin inside the housing. Or, like a stock rubber joint but if you replaced the inner sleeve with a bearing.
I haven't put my hands on one yet. they're marketed with the low to no maintenance angle and likely aren't as robust as a johnny joint for hardcore rock crawling but I think they'll be fine for my purposes.
Look at Clayton Offroad. They have their GIIRO joints. I'm actually considering them to replace my JJ's
I'm skeptical for my application since the wording in the description is "touring"
I have read most of this thread, just wondering if anyone has tried this grease, all I know about it is it's expensive and we use it on all the grease fittings on our class 8 trucks.
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Scoop out a handful, put it in a ziploc, and I'll give it a shot.
I will try, camera's in the shop make it hard to get some. I know they claim it's very costly.
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