Killer Control Arms...Literally

[rockdawg]

If you would like to gamble with your life (and the lives of others) Then these are for you.
There is a guy on ebay Taking 3-point hich links from a tractor, welding urethane bushing ends on them and selling them as Jeep lower control arms.:shock:

http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/52/02/a3_1.JPG

These things would not last 1 trip to paragon.
Take a look at how thin walled the tubing is where the threads go in. I think I could hit the center ball out of that heim type end with a hammer. What kind of steel you think that adjustable end is made out of?

I fear for the guy who wheels on a set of these and then drives home at highway speeds when they come apart.

I have gone to the tractor supply store and found a lot of stuff that I could use to make things for my jeep, but I would not buy an arm designed to hold a rake on the back of a tractor, cut one end off, weld a piece of tube on the end and sell it as a LOWER control arm for a jeep.

Here's the link to the ebay auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8040408358&ssPageName=MERC_VI_ReBay_Pr4_PcY_BID_Stores_IT

[sentinal02]

from the auction:
"Item is AS IS, no warranty. Off-road parts are for Off Road use only!!!"

better forget the shipping insurance and go right to the life insurance. :hahaha:

[dmxjg35]

you mean i wasted my money buying these to make rear control arms for my xj, think they would hold up for a little while till i can afford to get some really good ones? :eek:

this reminds me of the guy making what looked like spring spacers out of sheet metal yikes

[Divinitous]

All the stuff the guy is selling looks like trash.

[XEON]

All the stuff the guy is selling looks like trash.

Yet people will probally still buy that junk.

[rockdawg]

Dave, you went and got arms made of 1.75" solid stock and you could have saved a bundle of money by buying these made of .120 wall recycled beer cans. :lmao:

[XEON]

Dave, you went and got arms made of 1.75" solid stock and you could have saved a bundle of money by buying these made of .120 wall recycled beer cans. :lmao:

Hey my cage will be made out of .120 wall... Nice 500th post Al :wtg:

[rockdawg]

Hey my cage will be made out of .120 wall
Yea but thats just protecting your head.....I wouldnt spend too much on that :lmao:

[rockdawg]

On a serious note I dought those things are even .120 wall and they are definatly not DOM tubing.

[Halo Performance]

All the guy cares about is his money.... disgusting. I hope he understands that he is endangering peoples lives with that stuff.

[mybigredjeep]

Well they WERE beer cans but now they are control arms............and the way he got the holes in them is from his target practice

[matt6669]

BAHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAH AL YOUR NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW OVER ON NAXJA
you guys need to go see this omg your gonna die, there are more than one moron in this world for sure

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=77998

[NYWheeler]

I can't believe the things that people do just to try and save a few bucks :roll: :roll: :roll:

[ROCKREADYXJ]

did you also notice there is no Jam nut on it. I have used those opn the farm before and they are cheap junk I broke one once just spreading some fertilizer off the back of the tractor.