Tractor Arms

[XJeeper05]

With a little fabbing on the joints to make them wide enough, could I use the arms from Tractor Supply company as my lowers? I have heard of this being done, I have never seen it though. THanks.

 

[macgyvr]

you can...they are easily adjusted without having to remove one end...

however, the joints wear out really fast and they make a lot of noise on the road...


i daily drove tractor control arms for nearly a year without any major failures...they were cheap lower adjustible arms at the time...

i have pictures somewhere in the file...

until i went to long arms i carried one as a spare...

mac 'purebread hillbilly engineering' gyvr

 

[Goatman]

Ditto what Matt said. They work, but not well over time. The joints can't take the pounding they get on a suspension link and will wear out quickly. I've never run them, but two friends of mine have. They ended up changing them out for heim joints.

 

[Dazz]

They will work but they're not bullet proof for lower arms.

 

[XJeeper05]

those arms seem pretty thin comared ot the ones i've seen... I dunno. WHy do the joints make so much noise?

 

[FarmerMatt]

They are cheap for a reason... If you look at the build of the joint compared with a heim or JJ than you'll see why. The joints are sloppy the threaded body's are sloppy & they are made of the cheapest steel they could find. I work with these things day in & day out & would never ever put something like this on any rig. Do it right the first time.

Matt

 

[XJeeper05]

I was just exercizing an option. I am planning to fab some up actually but I was jw. Thanks