American Iron Ball Joint Delete 3 Month Review

American Iron Ball Joint Delete 3 Month Review | Rock Solid Rig

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We have had the American Iron Off-Road Ball Joint Delete kit installed on our Jeep for 3 months now, wheeling, rock crawling, overlanding, mudding, and more! Well it is time we gave y'all our honest opinion about this set. We will cover some commonly asked questions, tell you about some differences between the a balljoint and a delete kit, and overall talk about our personal experience having this set on our rig.
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@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

FINALLY... someone running a product and actually following up with a long term review. Tired of the installation vids and no update on performance. Thank you RSR.

@RockSolidRig Жыл бұрын

We should have another video with them coming sometime after KoH. We're going to see Josh with America Iron while we're out there and talk shop and I'm sure he'll be interested to see how ours are holding up.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

@@RockSolidRig looking forward to it, stay safe brother

@ALongLongWaytoGO 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to for sure give an absolute praise for these ball joint deletes as I have them in my JKUR. I have spoken to Josh at American Iron and he was awesome and their customer service was amazing. Josh with Rock Solid Rig was also as amazing as he was a valuable source of information when I decided to get these. I see no setbacks with the design and they have performed flawlessly and have been tested thoroughly while I was wheel’n with Rock Solid Rig. Thanks to you guys!!!

@RockSolidRig 3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, I'm glad you've had the same experience with them that we have.

@ajk635 Жыл бұрын

You have answered the questions I have had. Your videos have made all the difference. I also want to say I appreciate your conversational information versus other channels I have seen that sound more like carnival barkers trying to hock a product. Thank you.

@nicholasbaldwin1674 3 жыл бұрын

I love mine. Daily driving, loads of wheeling and completed the Rubicon trail. Got about 10k on my set and yeah they hold up and are solid!

@StormbornJKU 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been following Josh with American Iron Off-road for a long time now. Almost since he started the Facebook group. He’s created one hell of a product! I’ve been waiting for my UD44 spicer joints to go out so I can get his deletes and never have to worry about them!

@RockSolidRig 3 жыл бұрын

We blew our spicer joints after 6 hard months of wheeling lol, really glad we went with his product.

@GULIVERSOFFROAD Жыл бұрын

great video

@Georgia4Low 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and in depth review for sure.

@RockSolidRig 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, we will be doing a long term follow up and review after we get even more miles and crawling events on them.

@DanMcD80 Жыл бұрын

Addition too #2: every time you press a joint in/out the hole in the C, the hole gets bigger. Eventually never holding another joint in place

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

😂 nonsense, if that was the case, you'd eventually be able to install bj by hand. I have been running my 95 F350 since brand new... 27 yrs of replacing ball joints and they still require a press. Get out with that bullshit.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

The best way I've heard these described... basically turns your dana 60 into a kingpin axle in theory

@ElmoUnk1953 Жыл бұрын

Good Presentation!

@RockSolidRig Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, we'll be doing another follow up on them in the near future.

@hey_youtubeim_back2159 Жыл бұрын

The ball joint setups on Dodge front ends do not carry any load. They're more designed just to Center the upper knuckle. Do these kingpins change that in any way?

@wesniper Жыл бұрын

I'm using it for a month now and started to hear squeaking noise coming out when turning, any one faced that?

@Sniperssx 2 жыл бұрын

So you recommend it can that be use as daily drive also do i have to worry about alignment of caster and camber

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

These are a direct replacement for your normal ball joints. They do not have an impact on your caster or camber.

@jeremy8715 3 жыл бұрын

Do these last longer than traditional ball-joints? Is the shaft / bolt of the ball-joint delete stationary? Once these are pressed in is there no need to press the housing back out? Is it just replacing the internals?

@RockSolidRig 3 жыл бұрын

The shaft sits inside a spherical bearing that is able to be replaced. The cup stays in and never needs to be pressed out, just remove c-clips and remove the bearing and replace with a new one. They are extremely strong compared to other ball joints we've run and had friends destroy moog balljoints within 3 months. Strongly recommend these.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

These ball joint eliminators have been beaten to death in Moab, on King of the Hammers in California, and numerous other insane wheeling spots, these eliminators are stout

@gabrieldalcomune3044 2 жыл бұрын

Would one have to worry about dust and debris ending up in the bearings? I was thinking of a dynatrac balljoint set on my JL, but this seems to be perfect.

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

They're pretty well sealed in there and at this point we have over 20k miles and zero issues.

@gabrieldalcomune3044 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting it seems like from a debris standpoint I should be a-okay then since I don’t wheel as often as I’d want. I figure if I do swap to them I feel like they’ll last longer on my jeep than others who wheel harder/more. One more question though, from what I know, the older ford king pin set ups had a longer turn radius vs the newer balljoint setups. Does swapping to the delete affect it at all?

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

@@gabrieldalcomune3044 that I can't really answer, but Josh with American Iron would be able to give you the exact answer. You can message him on his Facebook page.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

@@gabrieldalcomune3044 that is not true at all. The king pin F350 and the later bj F350, single cab, 133"wb trucks were within 2 inches at 51'6" for kingpin, 51'4" for ball joint.

@Doubletap788 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the updated review. Are these okay to run on a daily driven vehicle? Wouldnt the spehrical bearing wear a lot faster than a standard ball joint from seeing a lot of both street and trail use? How often you need to change out the bearings and perform maintenance? I often drive my rig 300 miles to the trail and back but I also drive it to work . Wondering if traditional ball joints are better in my situation? Any feedback with your experience would really help. Im just sick of ball joints.

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

We run these on our daily and just got back from a trip about 300 miles away. They have a 2 yr 30k mile warranty. I haven't had any issues and we wheel the hell out of it. We've put maybe 10k on them already and love the fact I'll never have to press joints again.

@Doubletap788 2 жыл бұрын

@@RockSolidRig That has me sold. Going to order a pair. Thank you!

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

I have the upper deletes on my 95 F350, they are from Down to Fab industries, they only offer the upper BJE. They are greaseable and use brass bearings, 4 yrs and roughly 20k miles, daily driving, winter road extractions, Rausch creek off road wheeling, they are stout. I would recommend BJE on daily drivers and I'm actually switching to the American Iron version because they offer upper and lower BJE.

@isaacwilliamson759 Жыл бұрын

Are you still able to get an alignment or will they make your tires wear uneven

@RockSolidRig Жыл бұрын

Tires wear perfectly normal and alignment still works exactly the same.

@andrewthe1only344 2 жыл бұрын

Will these work on a Dana 44 from a 1978 Ford f 250?

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

No, Dana 60 axles from Ford and dodge, 92 and newer for Ford, 2000 and newer dodge. But... I would call the company, they offer the kit for the dana 44 in jeeps. They may be able to work for your rig.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

If American Iron can't help you, contact Down To Fab, he has old school dana44 eliminators for your rig.

@GULIVERSOFFROAD Жыл бұрын

its more on the lines of a king pin for a dana turdy

@Eyslava123 2 жыл бұрын

I installed these in Jan. I haven’t havnt had any issues until lately. They are hard to manually move and causes my tires to sway. Did I not lube them correctly? If not, can I still do that or do I have to service them?

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

There is no lubing necessary, when you say hard to move, how hard?

@Eyslava123 Жыл бұрын

@@RockSolidRig While driving, I needed constant input to keep the vehicle straight. While front end its off the ground, two hands were needed move it back and forth.(with our without tire) Definitely not as smooth as when I first installed.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

@@Eyslava123 how are you moving the knuckle by hand? If you have power steering and the vehicle is off, you are either the incredible hulk or something.

@taraaaron1242 2 жыл бұрын

Do they make noise 🤔

@RockSolidRig 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't noticed any noise from them at all.

@taraaaron1242 Жыл бұрын

@Rock Solid Rig LLC well my 4 month review is that one side speaks so bad. That I'm thinking of removing it. The steering dynamics is also different. They are tough but the noises is to much for me on the road.

@TheRoadhammer379 Жыл бұрын

@@taraaaron1242 you could swap them out for the DOWN TO FAB ball joint eliminator, it has grease fittings and uses brass insert bearings.

@68macun 10 ай бұрын

If it comes with a lifetime warranty it means they know they will fail at anytime.

@michaelbrookman89 Жыл бұрын

You know what, I've priced these deletes, they're outrageously priced. I'll continue to use ball joints and replace as needed, that is in my budget

@RockSolidRig Жыл бұрын

They are a more expensive option that's for sure, not everybody sees the benefit of having them and that's fine. We weighed the pros and cons and determined for our use case it was beneficial to have them.

@michaelbrookman89 Жыл бұрын

@@RockSolidRig I'm not denying they're usefulness at all. I would love to have some. But, there's no denying the expensiveness. Maybe the price will come down, or I build my own

@simonearley3411 6 ай бұрын

Pricing lifetime balljoints vs these and its not too far off. Looking at 80-100 per on traditional and you need 4 so 320 to 400 vs 550ish.

@michaelbrookman89 6 ай бұрын

@@simonearley3411 I'm looking at 50$ for 4. And 250$ replacing them every year for 5 years. So I'll make my own deletes versus ever buying them.