SuperPro LCA bolt Catastrophic Failure

[RivMan]

Hey folks, anyone else run into this?

My SuperPro LCA bolt failed while driving a couple weeks ago. I noticed the truck was driving like garbage, and made an assumption that my wheel bearing was on it's way out. Once I got home and inspected the truck, I found this:

I tore it down and found out the SuperPro alignment bolt had failed, and was holding on by a nub.

This set of LCA's have been installed for a couple years, and the alignment bolts haven't been touched since I installed them. The truck hasn't been offroad in about a year, and there was no hard hit to the suspension to cause this.

I emailed the SuperPro warranty line when I found the failure, but they still haven't responded.

-Rob

 

[rdruss]

Glad you found the problem and no other damage done. You did the right thing by letting Super Pro know.

 

[originalg00kster]

Wow I am glad nothing crazy happened. I hope Super Pro takes care of you!

 

[RivMan]

Wow I am glad nothing crazy happened. I hope Super Pro takes care of you!

No response from SuperPro yet...

-Rob

 

[xtremewlr]

You should call them:

North American Head Office & Warehouse
Address: 1810 South Milliken Ave. Ontario, CA 91761

Phone: 650-362-8016

Contact Us

 

[Offroad Alliance]

heck of a failure thats for sure. Why are you not using OEM cam bolts down there?

 

[billbuckets]

Wow this is crazy. I'm running these as well.

 

[OopsIBrokeIt]

heck of a failure thats for sure. Why are you not using OEM cam bolts down there?

If you buy their LCAs they include a set. They ditch the sleeves that seize up on the factory cam bolts and seem to be beefy as all hell.

This is the first real issue I think I've seen with them, it'll be interesting to see what superpro says.

 

[Madman#1]

Dusting this one off. Did SuperPro honor the warranty? Are you back up and running? Any other issues since?

 

[RivMan]

Dusting this one off. Did SuperPro honor the warranty? Are you back up and running? Any other issues since?

No, they never responded after I sent them the photos.

I got busy with other projects and never followed up. The replacement bolt I had here seems to be holding up fine.

-Rob

 

[locked up]

I have those on mine and I'm interested to see what they say.

Possible it got damaged before and just took this long to develop real symptoms?

 

[T4R2014]

No, they never responded after I sent them the photos.

I got busy with other projects and never followed up. The replacement bolt I had here seems to be holding up fine.

-Rob

Try emailing Zeder Corp directly. They are pretty responsive in my experience.

 

[Runnin on E]

My 2c. I would not buy this product until they ask for the broken bolt and get back to you with the results.

 

[elshep]

Glad that you're okay, a catastrophic faliure from a mfg's part deserves better service than that.

 

[Ralph Blake]

heck of a failure thats for sure. Why are you not using OEM cam bolts down there?

I agree it's a failure of the steel and if you were dealing with the OEM part it would have had better quality control, am waiting to hear what they have to say about the failure.

 

[1wild]

Did anything happen with customer service? I am about to put these cam bolts on with the Super Pro LCA's. Now I'm wondering if I should just buy new oem parts. I sawed the old oem off

 

[alia176]

i'm curious can OEM hardware be used with these arms? If so, I'd go with OEM just for a peace of mind.