Jono.ful
New member
...is amazing as always.
I picked up a set of lower links through the fall group buy on the FJ forum and finally got around to installing them today thanks to some warm weather and an early spring melt.
The passenger side went on relatively easily. I had to use a ratchet strap to pull the axle backwards to make everything line up, even though most people seem to say to hook the strap forward. When it came time to adjust the driver's side to length, I could not get the Johnny Joint to thread in more than about 2/3 of the way (1/2+ of exposed thread), even with a pair of 18" pipe wrenches. it was absolutely jammed in the one direction.
After cursing for several minutes, I called up MT and spoke with Wade, who was able to confirm that was there was indeed a problem, probably with the tolerances between the cast threads on the Johnny Joint and the cut threads on the link tube.
So, MT is sending out a brand new complete link here to me in Alberta via UPS and a prepaid label to get the old one back to Oregon. Wade even said he would personally thread the replacement link himself to ensure I wouldn't run into the same problem.
I'm very pleased with the service from MetalTech, and from Wade in particular, though the other guys I have spoken with there over the years have also been great. They definitely have a repeat customer in me.
I picked up a set of lower links through the fall group buy on the FJ forum and finally got around to installing them today thanks to some warm weather and an early spring melt.
The passenger side went on relatively easily. I had to use a ratchet strap to pull the axle backwards to make everything line up, even though most people seem to say to hook the strap forward. When it came time to adjust the driver's side to length, I could not get the Johnny Joint to thread in more than about 2/3 of the way (1/2+ of exposed thread), even with a pair of 18" pipe wrenches. it was absolutely jammed in the one direction.
After cursing for several minutes, I called up MT and spoke with Wade, who was able to confirm that was there was indeed a problem, probably with the tolerances between the cast threads on the Johnny Joint and the cut threads on the link tube.
So, MT is sending out a brand new complete link here to me in Alberta via UPS and a prepaid label to get the old one back to Oregon. Wade even said he would personally thread the replacement link himself to ensure I wouldn't run into the same problem.
I'm very pleased with the service from MetalTech, and from Wade in particular, though the other guys I have spoken with there over the years have also been great. They definitely have a repeat customer in me.
