Control arm comparison

[Oldguy]

Never mind Rough Country. Why does Extreme Terrain have that useless and misleading picture in the first place.

and why is my text bolded?

I believe its a customers pic

 

[jjvw]

I believe its a customers pic

It shouldn't be there.

 

[Oldguy]

It shouldn't be there.

Agree

 

[Oldguy]

So what do you call these joints?

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what are these joints?

 

[jjvw]

what are these joints?

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Jazzy Joints. They make things really flexy.

 

[xxdabroxx]

It's a customer picture from a review.

Those link ends are very interesting looking.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

• 1.25 Inch Chrome Moly Heim Joints

Not a good choice for control arm joints.

 

[jjvw]

...

Those link ends are very interesting looking.

Heim joints with a rubber boot, I believe.

 

[glwood]

Never mind Rough Country. Why does Extreme Terrain have that useless and misleading picture in the first place.

and why is my text bolded?

It was a customer submitted pic. Why they ran with it, who knows. And stop yelling.

 

[mrblaine]

It was a customer submitted pic. Why they ran with it, who knows. And stop yelling.

He's not yelling, he is just whispering very loudly.

 

[Equilibrium31]

What is the metallurgical difference between them? One could be made out of paper towel tubes. As the saying sort of goes it's not the size, it's what you do with it.

I swear, ever since I saw O' Brother Where Art Thou, I can't see the word "metallurgical" without thinking of that scene in the train:

Say, any of you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?

 

[glwood]

I swear, ever since I saw O' Brother Where Art Thou, I can't see the word "metallurgical" without thinking of that scene in the train:


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Currie & Savvy control arms are definitely metallurgic art...

 

[JMT]

Currie & Savvy control arms are definitely metallurgic porn...

FIFY

 

[glwood]

FIFY

All in your perspective.

 

[toximus]

Heims just don't last in a control arm position. If they went with high quality heims, those would cost $50-60 each without the jam nuts (another $1-4 each) or threaded link (another $20-30). Seeing that a pair of arms are $185, do you think they used high quality heims?

 

[JEEPCJTJ]

Never mind Rough Country. Why does Extreme Terrain have that useless and misleading picture in the first place.

and why is my text bolded?

I believe its a customers pic

I understand how the useless and misleading picture happened but how did that cause the text to be bolded?

what are these joints?

I'd say those are joints that were rolled by someone that was never trained in the joint rolling art. I think I'd have done better and it's probably been 20 years since I've even touched one.