I finally got around to installing my JBA UCA. My stock ball joints boots were torn and leaking grease... so i thought, might as well get whole new UCA with new ball joints! 
Sorry, I don't have any pics. Install wasn't too bad. I was able to get them in on my own and as most people have stated, the inner washers are a PITA to squeeze in but I was able to figure out a way to do it on my own.
Driver's side I had to remove some of the brackets to allow for a torque wrench to fit in place. I also had to take out my battery to get the bolt out.
On the passenger side I had to remove some brackets as well to allow for a torque wrench. On this side, I had to remove the 3 bolts for power steering reservoir so I could push a hose out of the way a little to allow the UCA bolt to come out.
I also made the mistake on the first side of not disconnecting the ABS line braket. I popped the knuckle off with a pitman arm remover with the castle nut still in place so stuff didnt go flying everywhere. However, after I got the knuckle free, I removed the castle nut and of course, the UCA shot up and stretched the ABS line. It looked ok. I pushed the UCA down while I removed the bracket. After the install, i took the car for a drive and my VSC, ABS and TRAC lights are on. God the code read while getting an alignment today and confirmed I broke the driver side ABS wire.
Putting the brackets back onto the UCA was a PITA. The instructions state that you may have to bend the brackets to get it in place but I had to drill new holds and tweak the bracket to get the line to not stretch.
After the install I noticed that the ball joint boot is not seating properly allowing grease to come out. This is happening on both sides. Anyone seem anything like this before?
Sorry, I don't have any pics. Install wasn't too bad. I was able to get them in on my own and as most people have stated, the inner washers are a PITA to squeeze in but I was able to figure out a way to do it on my own.
Driver's side I had to remove some of the brackets to allow for a torque wrench to fit in place. I also had to take out my battery to get the bolt out.
On the passenger side I had to remove some brackets as well to allow for a torque wrench. On this side, I had to remove the 3 bolts for power steering reservoir so I could push a hose out of the way a little to allow the UCA bolt to come out.
I also made the mistake on the first side of not disconnecting the ABS line braket. I popped the knuckle off with a pitman arm remover with the castle nut still in place so stuff didnt go flying everywhere. However, after I got the knuckle free, I removed the castle nut and of course, the UCA shot up and stretched the ABS line. It looked ok. I pushed the UCA down while I removed the bracket. After the install, i took the car for a drive and my VSC, ABS and TRAC lights are on. God the code read while getting an alignment today and confirmed I broke the driver side ABS wire.
Putting the brackets back onto the UCA was a PITA. The instructions state that you may have to bend the brackets to get it in place but I had to drill new holds and tweak the bracket to get the line to not stretch.
After the install I noticed that the ball joint boot is not seating properly allowing grease to come out. This is happening on both sides. Anyone seem anything like this before?
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