ProtocolJK
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Just saw someone posted this to Facebook
Broken Rock Krawler Control Arm
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RockyJk
Active Member
Holy crap!
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
That was cracked for a while.
cozdude
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Did jaxson post that on his jeep page? As Overlander said you can tell that was cracked for a while
Did jaxson post that on his jeep page? As Overlander said you can tell that was cracked for a while
ProtocolJK
Member
It was posted to Jaxon's jeep page but it wasn't him that posted it. You can tell it was cracked for a while.
Yeah, but why did it crack in the first place?
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
He wheels hard....bro?
Cool. I'm just a mall crawler so all this stuff is new to me. Thanks for the tip :yup:
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
Lol. I hate when people post up shit like this. You snapped the arm because you don't check your shit out. Your arm cracked because you bought a shit product.
People are dumb.
Well, at least it was a lower control arm. The RK kit comes with 2 of them. Would have sucked if it were the one upper arm :crazyeyes:
CastleRockJeep
New member
One cracked arm = shit?
OverlanderJK
Resident Smartass
:cheesy: that's funny.
MedixJK
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May not be absolute shit, ive never even touched one of their arms. With that said id like to think thats a part that wouldnt break ever. Being that it holds your axle to your jeep...
MedixJK
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Kinda puts the 3link in perspective huh? ;-)
piginajeep
The Original Smartass
Bad weld obviously, I can't say I've ever seen one break at the weld like that.
Agreed, bad weld.
Journeyman
New member
Wow. I did not realize that those control arms were solid steel. I understand the wanting to make them bomb proof. Back in the day when I was welding up snowmobile suspension arms we used cromoly tubing. Engineered to have some actual flex into the part. So I just assumed jk control arms were similar. But it's a jeep control arm, which I don't know much if anything about the whole suspension design process. But I do know that would be a difficult weld to get good penatration on the arm side. Unless there was plenty of preheat on the solid arm side, it's going to suck all the heat out of the weld causing no penatration.
Are most aftermarket arms solid like this RK?
Are most aftermarket arms solid like this RK?
JeepJeep75
New member
It looks like there was a tiny hole in the weld seam that allowed water to fill in the entire space between the arm end and the bushing housing. It's a shitty looking weld, even without the rust.