Pic of stock UCA

[SalsaRed]

Can anybody post a picture of their stock UCA? I'd really appreciate it, as all of my searches only bring up upgraded UCA's.

I was searching for anything that could be the cause of my wheel vibration (just got new tires and still same vibration...pretty much) and metallic clanking sound when going over bumps, and I noticed that the outer washer on both arms of the UCA are a good 1/8-1/4 inch away from the rubber bushing. Is this normal?

 

[oljedi11950]

Yes on the clanking sound mine too ? Speed bumps & the like , also wondering if something is loose ?

 

[99 JRunner]

If you lifted it, u need to buy better uca's. Im shopping now for them. I get the vibration too. Not clanking.

 

[mace.]

Can anybody post a picture of their stock UCA? I'd really appreciate it, as all of my searches only bring up upgraded UCA's.



I was searching for anything that could be the cause of my wheel vibration (just got new tires and still same vibration...pretty much) and metallic clanking sound when going over bumps, and I noticed that the outer washer on both arms of the UCA are a good 1/8-1/4 inch away from the rubber bushing. Is this normal?

Can you take a pic of yours for us to look at? Are the washers just flopping around on the bolt?

 

[Jhalko]

If you lifted it, u need to buy better uca's. Im shopping now for them. I get the vibration too. Not clanking.

I've had my lift for a year with stock UCA's there is no vibration, clanking, or other noises. It wanders a bit at highway speeds, so there is likely another problem.

I would recommend new UCA's though, don't get me wrong.

 

[oljedi11950]

Mine is more in the area of sway bar end links or maybe even sway bar . Happens on the downside of a bump as it releasing weight fwd .

 

[Intruder]

I noticed that the outer washer on both arms of the UCA are a good 1/8-1/4 inch away from the rubber bushing. Is this normal?

That doesn't sound normal. Do the washers wiggle at all? If you grab a couple 19mm wrenches you could see if you're able to tighten the bolt. Should be able to do it without even taking the wheel off. A possibility is that your UCA bushings are toast which is causing your UCA to slide back and forth a bit when you accelerate/brake. That could also cause the vibration.

 

[99 JRunner]

Could be rack/ pinion?

 

[SalsaRed]

I haven't had a change to try to tighten the bolt, I will give that a shot tomorrow.

The washers are pretty solidly in their place, but there is just a serious gap there. I do not have a lift installed as of yet, but I will be installing one in the next week or two. I couldn't justify spending money on UCA's for the lift alone, but I can if they really are dangerous at this point and are what are causing the vibration and noise. I'd be pretty happy if that was the case lol.

Trying to post a pic, for some reason they're not showing up when I click manage attachments.

 

[K9trainer]

Once you pick the picture you need to click upload

 

[mattr]

Here's some pics of a stock UCA, since everyone else has pimped their ride already.

 

[SalsaRed]

Here's a pic of mine. This side doesn't seem to have much more of a gap than mattr's. The passenger side of mine has an even larger gap. I'll get a pic of that one.