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Recent content by JohnnyTyler

  1. J

    BDS ball joint gives way... What a mess.

    Yeah, okay. That makes sense. The diff isn't being rotated positive or negative by the drop bracket lift. So, your only risking placing your front driveshaft out of alignment? But I'm visualizing that even a spacer lift above the coilover in a Ram should not alter the factory caster in these...
  2. J

    BDS ball joint gives way... What a mess.

    I agree that the UCA's are indexed as BDS website says, "Indexed ball joint cup allows for additional droop travel", as wells as, "Designed to add 1.4 degrees of additional positive caster." But if they are not designed to work with a lift, then what's the need for the 1.4 degrees of positive...
  3. J

    BDS ball joint gives way... What a mess.

    It does say that now. However, prior to the apparent update, it only said that the UCA would not work with the 4" lift kits; no mention of the 6" Coilover kits. As mentioned above (see Abrams117), the UCAs were a selectable option on the 6" Coilover kit a while back. So, they changed their...
  4. J

    BDS ball joint gives way... What a mess.

    Disconcerting news indeed. Have 200 miles on my BDS UCAs. Decided to swap the MOOGs out this afternoon. We'll see how long they last.
  5. J

    BDS ball joint gives way... What a mess.

    New to forum. Have a 2021 for about two weeks now. Looking to lift and ran into this thread. Maybe an ignorant question, but is there some certainty that the upper BJ failed first? Seems that picturing it in my head, when making a turn and giving it a little gas that it would be putting more...
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