Ballistic Joint Issues

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=911925

Here is the link to the post on Pirate

That's why we offer a lifetime warranty on the solid nylatron races. I have tried in the past to discontinue the injection molded races, but for the hundreds of customers that they work well for, they feel that it is a disservice. I Highly recommend purchasing the solid billet nylatron races from the start if you own anything heavier than a stock jeep or have questionable link geometry.
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I guess I bought mine before Ballistic decided to advertise the fact that the molded injected races are crap. When I got them there was no mention of solid races on the Ballistic web site.

From Jeff @ Ballistic "I have tried in the past to discontinue the injection molded races, but for the hundreds of customers that they work well for, they feel that it is a disservice. I Highly recommend purchasing the solid billet nylatron races from the start if you own anything heavier than a stock jeep or have questionable link geometry. "

The disservice is putting out a high priced joint that won't stand up to anything over a stock Jeep, then charging extra to get what, I'm still not sure is a quality joint.

Johnny Joints are cheaper and I've heard no such issues about them.
 
I just looked on Ballistic's web site for the first time in a while. They have lost there minds on the joint prices. 1-1/4" shank, 2.63" joint is $51 plus $6 if you want the solid races, plus 5 more $ if you want the joint to come assembled. Wow, $62.
On a side note, Johnny joints and Creeper joint still less than $40, Assembled.
I'm done with my Ballistic rant now.
 
I replaced the Races in my Joints today, here is the post

http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?p=780887#post780887

The joints were not completely bad, they were full of grease, They were starting to oval and break down. But they could have been tightned again, Although I am not sure how long they would have held up, It seems the solid ones wouldnt have had the same issues, since the others werent that bad.

I was completely expecting them to be trashed the way they were rattling.
 
I won't bash them...But I have always liked JJ's & RE joints for the highway, but for the greatest misalignment and greatest strength you cannot beat heims for the price.

I looked at many different styles of joint before we came back to heims. By then we were a big enough company to have our own made to the formula I chose. The cryo treating is really what puts ours over the top. If you drive mostly on the road get one of the proven (JJ/RE) joints, if you live on the rocks get heims.
 
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