Best Ball Joint UCA? JBA, Icon, Dirt King?

[RazzRoach]

I know there are other threads about this but wanted a more current one. Looking to buy some new UCA. Was having a hard time between uniball and ball joint. Since my truck is my DD and want less maintenance I decided on ball joint. Was going to go Camburg but seems there isn't much caster available on them. What are balljoint style are you guys running and which do you think is the best before I pull the trigger?

 

[scottblink23]

I’ve been a big fan of my ICONs

 

[zeekevin]

I did the icon delta joint retrofit on the total chaos arms. It has been good so far with zero issue. It has saved me some time with maintence vs the uniball

 

[0verland]

I went with SPC and couldn't be happier. Easy to rebuild when comes time and provide just the upgrade I needed.

 

[weezol]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm looking at ball joint UCA's as well.

I have been reading every thread I can possibly find on this forum and others, I think I have it narrowed down to either JBA, Dirt King, or Camburg.

Does anyone have any recent experience with JBA? I was coming across a few threads here and elsewhere from 2020 - 2021 of people having some issues with the ball joints cracking.

Does anyone know if JBA ever corrected this? I know they have warranty, and I'm sure they will replace any defective parts but would rather not have to install and uninstall to send things back for replacement.

I saw people were having problems with Camburg's and getting Caster. I'm not sure if this is still an issue?

I did not see much said about Dirt King balljoint UCA's, but what I did read was positive.

This will be going on a ORP with 2" lift and 265 tires.

Thanks for any help

 

[aemravan]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm looking at ball joint UCA's as well.

I have been reading every thread I can possibly find on this forum and others, I think I have it narrowed down to either JBA, Dirt King, or Camburg.

Does anyone have any recent experience with JBA? I was coming across a few threads here and elsewhere from 2020 - 2021 of people having some issues with the ball joints cracking.

Does anyone know if JBA ever corrected this? I know they have warranty, and I'm sure they will replace any defective parts but would rather not have to install and uninstall to send things back for replacement.

I saw people were having problems with Camburg's and getting Caster. I'm not sure if this is still an issue?

I did not see much said about Dirt King balljoint UCA's, but what I did read was positive.

This will be going on a ORP with 2" lift and 265 tires.

Thanks for any help

I've been running the JBA high caster UCA for over a year now on 35's and honestly have no complaints... the boot and ziptie on it is a bit dinky, but the balljoint itself certainly hasn't given me any issues whatsoever.. just regular greasing to keep it all happy

 

[P_nlsn]

I know this is an old thread, but I'm looking at ball joint UCA's as well.

I have been reading every thread I can possibly find on this forum and others, I think I have it narrowed down to either JBA, Dirt King, or Camburg.

Does anyone have any recent experience with JBA? I was coming across a few threads here and elsewhere from 2020 - 2021 of people having some issues with the ball joints cracking.

Does anyone know if JBA ever corrected this? I know they have warranty, and I'm sure they will replace any defective parts but would rather not have to install and uninstall to send things back for replacement.

I saw people were having problems with Camburg's and getting Caster. I'm not sure if this is still an issue?

I did not see much said about Dirt King balljoint UCA's, but what I did read was positive.

This will be going on a ORP with 2" lift and 265 tires.

Thanks for any help

Same as [MENTION=582805]aemravan[/MENTION] here, +1 for JBA. I've had JBA's on my daily with 35's and a 3" lift for 2 years now (~30k miles). Never had any problems, alignment always comes out good, and they can take some abuse

 

[Hi-desertT4R]

I’ve been running my JBAs for about three years now and no issues whatsoever. I like the heavy duty GM ball joints are inexpensive to replace and available at almost any auto parts store at anytime. These corrected all my alignment issues I had with my 3” Toytec lift and stock upper arms. I think Dobinsons also has a good option as well.