Easy Rough Country Long Arm Johnny Joint Upgrade

[joester1908]

I'm running a Rough Country long arm kit on my MJ. I went to adjust it this weekend and found this...

The flex joint on the upper control arm was shot. The metal disk was taco-ed, and the joint was completely unusable due to the threads being damaged. I went down to the local 4x4 shop where I bought it, and I was told that it was fairly common for those joints to blow out. 

 

Rough Country doesn't sell just the joints, but they do sell rebuild kits, which were a week out. I decided I was going to upgrade

Here's the link to them if you're interested: http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/Product.aspx?id=1262

 

The only issue with them is that the Rough Country ones have twice the thread. If yours are threaded out pretty far, these might not have enough. For me, they worked perfectly. They thread in and are the same exact size as the Rough Country ones. These are much more heavy duty. 

 

I did not install lower johnny joints from Currie, I kept the RC ones because they weren't damaged. But these are the same size as the Rough Country lower joints. But the Rough Country ones had quite a bit more thread. I don't know if these would fit, but that is my guess if you're looking to upgrade: http://www.currieent...ct.aspx?id=2629

 

Here's the Currie Johnny Joints installed on my Jeep

I really like the RC long arm, but the joints kinda suck. Quick upgrade and waaay beefier! 

[onlyinajeep726]

That's a pretty common upgrade to the RC LA kit... Most folks complain about their joints failing after a few moderate wheeling trips.  The arms themselves are fine, based on the information I've found through research.  I wish RC would offer their LA kit with JJ's at a better deal than having to buy each JJ separately.  They would probably sell a lot more of their LA kits that way...
 

[joester1908]

That's a pretty common upgrade to the RC LA kit... Most folks complain about their joints failing after a few moderate wheeling trips.  The arms themselves are fine, based on the information I've found through research.  I wish RC would offer their LA kit with JJ's at a better deal than having to buy each JJ separately.  They would probably sell a lot more of their LA kits that way...

 

It really is! The more people I talk to about it, the more people I've found that have done it. The arms themselves are great. They should sell the long arms with no johnny joints and you do your own! 

[joester1908]

Ok, so I went wheeling today and I blew up the lower Flex Joint. Completely trashed. I'll post a photo. But I was researching the link I provided for the Currie Johnny Joints. I'm noticing that I have like 2.5 inches of thread sticking out of the LCA, while the Currie ones only have 2.5 inches of thread. Notice the difference in the RC Flex Joints? 

http://www.jeep4x4center.com/rough-country-lower-control-arm-flex-joint-rc-j110.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=productfeed&utm_campaign=cse&gclid=CjwKEAiAhcGjBRDot_fjjtPKrgsSJACNYh76l025gzdGv_7XvjsMwq1uZ8f_BIrIItjhIUUIy709sBoCYpDw_wcB