JK Ball Joint Recommendations

[spartacus216]

I do a mixture of on and off road, nothing extreme right now. I have bjs going bad, they are old Moog ones from the last owner.
I would love to hear from some people here what their experience is besides all the advertisements for this and that haha.
Are rough country fine to go with or do I need Teraflex or expensive Metalcloak. Are the more expensive ones actually worth the money?

 

[WJCO]

Buy crown or synergy. Plan on replacing them in another 50-60k. Don't buy the expensive shit.

 

[spartacus216]

Buy crown or synergy. Plan on replacing them in another 50-60k. Don't buy the expensive shit.

What about Rough Country?

 

[jeeeep]

I do a mixture of on and off road, nothing extreme right now. I have bjs going bad, they are old Moog ones from the last owner.
I would love to hear from some people here what their experience is besides all the advertisements for this and that haha.
Are rough country fine to go with or do I need Teraflex or expensive Metalcloak. Are the more expensive ones actually worth the money?

I've used more expensive, not worth it. Synergy ball joints have served me well on the JKU's and JLU

 

[wayoflife]

What about Rough Country?

They're pretty much all the same thing just in different packaging. I wouldn't hesitate to run them.

 

[spartacus216]

They're pretty much all the same thing just in different packaging. I wouldn't hesitate to run them.

That's kind of what I was thinking too. Do you have to notch the C on the bottom hole on the axle for the grease fitting on the other ones or is that only a Rough Country thing (or is there a way to avoid doing that?)

 

[jeeeep]

That's kind of what I was thinking too. Do you have to notch the knuckle for the grease fitting on the other ones or is that only a Rough Country thing (or is there a way to avoid doing that?)

no notching on Synergy, hadn't heard about having to do that with Rough Country, are you sure it's the knuckle and not the axle shaft ear?

 

[WJCO]

That's kind of what I was thinking too. Do you have to notch the knuckle for the grease fitting on the other ones or is that only a Rough Country thing (or is there a way to avoid doing that?)

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[spartacus216]

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Yeah, it's in their installation video and the pdf. I meant the C, not the knuckle, oops.

 

[spartacus216]

no notching on Synergy, hadn't heard about having to do that with Rough Country, are you sure it's the knuckle and not the axle shaft ear?

I'm sorry, I misspoke, not the knuckle haha the C on the axle. HAHA.

 

[jeeeep]

I'm sorry, I misspoke, not the knuckle haha the C on the axle. HAHA.

ah for the grease adapter.
get a different grease adapter, haven't had any issues with the LockNLube

 

[spartacus216]

ah for the grease adapter.
get a different grease adapter, haven't had any issues with the LockNLube

That's actually what I have too, it looks like you have no choice but to notch it to get it to fit unless the needle style end would work with it, not sure about that one.

 

[spartacus216]

I've also been looking at the Apex Ball Joints, looks like you get a pretty heavy duty joint for a good price.

 

[jeeeep]

I've also been looking at the Apex Ball Joints, looks like you get a pretty heavy duty joint for a good price.

they look like Moog rebranded