Uca and winter

I called icon and asked if winter/salt roads will hurt there Uca. Dude on the phone said yes, it will wear out the Teflon quickly...so anyone have experience with any brand uca and winter!? The stock ones seem like the only way to go...

it just wears out the uniball i usually have to replace mine sometime after winter just make sure u clean it out and use some teflon lube on it. The times I've needed to replace it are when i didn't touch or clean them at all for a long amount of time usually a year.

The ICON ones have a cover over the top of the uniball, so not sure what the guy is talking about at ICON. Or is he talking about the underside of the uniball that is exposed?

The only other one that I know of that has a covered uniball is the CST one.
http://store.sdhqoffroad.com/cstraptoruni-balluppercontrolarms.aspx

We at ADD use Delrin race bushings in our UCA's. You will be fine as long as you maintain them. Our UCA's come with grease zerks on the bushings, we recommend staying on top of the grease and you`ll be good.

Icon rep mentioned the same thing to me about the uni balls and salt. Basically you need to clean and lube to be sure the salt doesn't pit the ball and tear up the teflon.

Guess I know what I will be doing tomorro

Addictive Desert Designs said:

We at ADD use Delrin race bushings in our UCA's. You will be fine as long as you maintain them. Our UCA's come with grease zerks on the bushings, we recommend staying on top of the grease and you`ll be good.

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Are these rebuildable?

Addictive Desert Designs said:

We at ADD use Delrin race bushings in our UCA's. You will be fine as long as you maintain them. Our UCA's come with grease zerks on the bushings, we recommend staying on top of the grease and you`ll be good.

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Are you talking about the bushings where it mounts to the frame on each side of the coil bucket? What about the uniball that mounts to the knuckle and protecting that? Cause looking at your UCA on your website, it's exposed, is it not?

Ford Raptor Upper Control Arms at ADDOffroad

98infinity said:

Are these rebuildable?

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The bushings of course can be replaced. We can sell you an additional pair one day if you were to need them.

RDFTS said:

Are you talking about the bushings where it mounts to the frame on each side of the coil bucket? What about the uniball that mounts to the knuckle and protecting that? Cause looking at your UCA on your website, it's exposed, is it not?

Ford Raptor Upper Control Arms at ADDOffroad

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Yes I was referring to our bushing at the frame mount. I misunderstood the original question. Our uniball does not have a cap, but im sure one could be added. We do use a larger 1.5" uniball compared to the 1.25" CST uca that was posted.

the icons will wear in weather quickly, just be mindful to clean them up and hit them with some dry teflon and you should be ok. the replacement heims and uniball aren't cheap, i think as a package something in the $400 - $475 range plus shipping. it's all going to depend on your maintenance on them and how often you get them in the dirt. mine have been fine for the past year with regular maintenance, show some sign of surface rust, but unavoidable in the north east.

I think I just have to stick with the stockers. The thought of have to rebuild them possibly once a year is scary