Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
I'm speechless.
My Jeep had a clunk up front in April, turns out the original sway bar links at 22 years and 145,700 miles were wearing out. The bottom bolt hole was wallowing out.
A buddy of mine is a mechanic and I can order wholesale parts through him at his cost. They didn't have any Moogs in stock so I figured I'd try the Mevotech "Supremes". How bad could they be, right?
I put them on, did a few hundred miles of mostly highway driving, and one trip out to Butcher Jones Off-road Park. At 146,202 miles I peeked under, and the driver's side sway bar link's upper bushings were almost totally gone! The passenger's side was starting to wear, but not horribly. I had the driver's side warrantied out and put the new one in. My mechanic and I thought I might not have tightened them enough, so this time I snugged down both sides pretty good. I took the Jeep out off-roading again and did some highway driving. It now sits at 146,357 miles. I decided to peek underneath at them. I'm speechless, they're both completely worn out!
130 of the 154 miles on the driver's side link were highway miles. 24 miles of off-roading. Toast.
657 miles on the passenger side, about 50 miles off-road. Toast.
I'll see if I can get some Moogs, but might just end up getting new ones at the dealer. The originals made it almost 146,000 miles...
The Jeep has new Moog coil springs, new Moog Problem Solver control arms, and new Monroe Severe Service shocks.
First pic is the driver's side, 2nd pic is the passenger's side.
My Jeep had a clunk up front in April, turns out the original sway bar links at 22 years and 145,700 miles were wearing out. The bottom bolt hole was wallowing out.
A buddy of mine is a mechanic and I can order wholesale parts through him at his cost. They didn't have any Moogs in stock so I figured I'd try the Mevotech "Supremes". How bad could they be, right?
I put them on, did a few hundred miles of mostly highway driving, and one trip out to Butcher Jones Off-road Park. At 146,202 miles I peeked under, and the driver's side sway bar link's upper bushings were almost totally gone! The passenger's side was starting to wear, but not horribly. I had the driver's side warrantied out and put the new one in. My mechanic and I thought I might not have tightened them enough, so this time I snugged down both sides pretty good. I took the Jeep out off-roading again and did some highway driving. It now sits at 146,357 miles. I decided to peek underneath at them. I'm speechless, they're both completely worn out!
130 of the 154 miles on the driver's side link were highway miles. 24 miles of off-roading. Toast.
657 miles on the passenger side, about 50 miles off-road. Toast.
I'll see if I can get some Moogs, but might just end up getting new ones at the dealer. The originals made it almost 146,000 miles...
The Jeep has new Moog coil springs, new Moog Problem Solver control arms, and new Monroe Severe Service shocks.
First pic is the driver's side, 2nd pic is the passenger's side.