I recently received my set of eight aluminum double adjustable control arms from Savvy. First thing I noticed was that they did not come with the greasble bolts. I also noticed that one of the joints on the rear upper arms was different. Here's a picture:
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My email to Savvy went like this:
I recently purchased and received a full set of adjustable control arms for my 2005 Jeep Wrangler TJ. Upon initial unpacking and inspection I noticed a few things that I would like to address:
1-The bolts included do not have grease zerk as clearly shown in your photo on the website.
2-One joint on the rear upper control arms appears different than the other three in that set. It is somewhat narrower and slightly different design.
3-The jamb nut on the same joint that has a different appearance and width will not turn by hand but only with moderate pressure from a wrench.
The odd joint in question has right hand threads and is on the right in the picture.
Here is their response:
- The bolts we include are non greasable which is because they do not provide any benefits on Johnny Joints. When you disassemble the joint, you can see the balls do not have a hole in them. This means the grease through the bolt doesn't grease the joint at all and are hollow, essentially weakening the bolt for no reason. The website picture was just ripped off our old website and is not updated. The pricing being cheaper than Currie/RockJock should reflect some of the cost savings of not getting greasable bolts.
- This is definitely a problem. I had a few sets shipped out that have the wrong joint which we did not catch during assembly. We will have to send you out a new joint with which will have a return label for the narrow joint. The bushings inside are not as easy to service and replace so we definitely recommend the wider JJ.
- In general, the Jam nut should be ok as they do need to be tightened with a wrench.
I have received a replacement joint for the one that was different than the others. I also noticed that the joint that was different does seem to a slot in the middle to allow grease from a graseable bolt into the joint. So, it seems that they make two different types of joints, some that will allow grease from the bolt and some that will not. All the joints in my set, including the replacement, do not have a hole or slot that would allow grease from a bolt with grease fitting.
I would be curious to hear the story behind the change. Is it simply cheaper to produce them without the hole or slot?