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Only reason I’m concerned is the truck came with 285/65 20s.  So I was worried there was a level the dealer added to do so.  

It looks like you have a level kit on the bottom. I circled the part on your picture. Can you take another picture underneath?
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silveradonationfan15
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And that is a leveled trailboss with 35" tires

Ben Berkenpas
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Can't tell if your trying to be a comedian here or if your serious?  It wasn't really very funny and it didn't really make any sense!  If you don't care about this topic, don't follow along.

JR09country
JR09country

To me 2" is 2" no matter how you get it. Wether you put it on the top, bottom or middle it still increases the cv and ball joint angles. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk

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After looking at another thread, I found out that even RL UCAs had problems. They say to maintenance UCA every oil change. 

Can you post the link with issues? What are the issues? I have the RL UCAs and so far good but it’s only been 2k miles


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7 hours ago, RadoPhan said:


It looks like you have a level kit on the bottom. I circled the part on your picture. Can you take another picture underneath?
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Thank you for responding.  I took some pics for you.  Appears to be a rough country product.   Does this put me at risk with all of the control arm / joint failures others are having?

 

 

 

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RadoPhan Enthusiast

RadoPhan

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Thank you for responding.  I took some pics for you.  Appears to be a rough country product.   Does this put me at risk with all of the control arm / joint failures others are having?
 
 
 
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Yes this increases your risk for the factory UCA failure. There’s people out there that have similar setups and it hasn’t failed yet. But does this mean it will definitely fail, no but there’s a higher risk and for me adding any risk to your own safety and thousands of dollars in damages isn’t worth an extra couple hundred dollars to get the aftermarket UCA. That’s the main reason I went with ReadyLift and the new UCA.


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On 11/12/2020 at 5:45 AM, jgjorge44 said:

After looking at another thread, I found out that even RL UCAs had problems. They say to maintenance UCA every oil change. 

Can you link that thread so we can see what you’re talking about? Thanks.

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Ready lift has a leveling kit made specifically for the trailboss and AT4. The trucks have a 2 inch factory lift but there is still a rake present. I’m thinking about putting one on my 2020 trailboss as well. 

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Can anyone ring in on long term updates on the Ready Lift with the UCA? I want to go with this level but would like some feedback.

 

Thank you

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RadoPhan

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Can anyone ring in on long term updates on the Ready Lift with the UCA? I want to go with this level but would like some feedback.
 
Thank you

Been running perfectly fine for me but it’s only been about 5K miles. I will say the quality on the ball joint is substantially better than stock. And the only maintenance you need is a little bit of lube for the ball joint once in a while. I like that the bushings doesn’t need lubing and doesn’t squeak like some other big name brand that has poly bushings. I’ve had experience with Total Chaos and Icon Billet UCAs on past trucks and to be honest, the RL is decent. Of course this lift isn’t necessarily built for extreme offroad abuse like the other big names but my intention for this truck was more looks than offroad performance.


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I’m at a 1” Motofab now and am worried. I’m going to drop down to a 1/2” for now while I decide on UCA. I’m leaning towards Cognito’s or ReadyLift, anyone have the Cognito arms? How are they holding up? I really like the Cognitos except for the poly bushings. 

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On 10/26/2020 at 8:03 PM, ALLSTAR said:

Here is closer view of ball joint

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Honestly,  when I zoom in on those pics. I see a lot of dirt and grime in the socket and all around the ball that looks like it may have been there a while. Those should be extremely clean and lubricated. It seems to me you may have unknowingly ripped the boot on the ball joint when you installed the leveling kit causing dirt to get in the joint and grind it apart.

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7 hours ago, Firehawk T/A said:

Honestly,  when I zoom in on those pics. I see a lot of dirt and grime in the socket and all around the ball that looks like it may have been there a while. Those should be extremely clean and lubricated. It seems to me you may have unknowingly ripped the boot on the ball joint when you installed the leveling kit causing dirt to get in the joint and grind it apart.

Could there have been a hole or tear? sure, anything is possible, pretty sure there were no tears to the boot though. Working well and way better ball joint angles after install of RC upper control arms.

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rico750sxi

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On 1/12/2021 at 1:14 PM, RadoPhan said:


Been running perfectly fine for me but it’s only been about 5K miles. I will say the quality on the ball joint is substantially better than stock. And the only maintenance you need is a little bit of lube for the ball joint once in a while. I like that the bushings doesn’t need lubing and doesn’t squeak like some other big name brand that has poly bushings. I’ve had experience with Total Chaos and Icon Billet UCAs on past trucks and to be honest, the RL is decent. Of course this lift isn’t necessarily built for extreme offroad abuse like the other big names but my intention for this truck was more looks than offroad performance.


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Did they also provide a big  improvement on the angle of the upper ball joint?

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Firehawk99

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6 hours ago, ALLSTAR said:

Could there have been a hole or tear? sure, anything is possible, pretty sure there were no tears to the boot though. Working well and way better ball joint angles after install of RC upper control arms.

Without doubt they have better angles and look like really nice quality pieces. I also am running the Moto Fab 1 inch leveling kit on my 2020 trail boss and am trying to justify spending another $500 for new UCA's and an alignment again. I don't think the angles are that bad with only the 1" kit, but I could be wrong. I will check my ball joints from time to time and see if I can feel any play in them. So far I have a little over 5,000 miles on mine and no issues at all. Here are a couple pics. of the angles after the lift.

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