No... very, very true.

That is the nice thing about traditional arms, or the JKS trackbar with their jam nuts... practically speaking the jam nut doesn't take any stress, and therefore isn't as big of a concern to get torqued down.

That Teraflex trackbar, or these EVO arms, that lock nut better be torqued to spec or I'd fear a few miles down a bumper road and it'll adjust itself

You know, I got to looking at the JKS arms more... I am not sure I like them... they have OE rubber bushings. I notice the RC, Teraflex, and EVO arms all have "johnny joints" (I think thats what their called), and they all say their rebuildable and greaseable... this just seems better

 

Yep, that's exactly what I was referring to. And maybe with the adjusting collars and nuts torqued down, this isn't a big issue - but the Jam nuts just seems to offer a better degree of "piece-of-mind".

Oh, seeing as you mentioned Teraflex on the "seems better" (alongwith RC & EVO, of course), let me see if this works for you:

 

Free cookies you say

This "dark side" is sounding pretty cool... where do I sign up

Oh, and yeah, my JKS rear track bar arrived today

 

You sign up on the same sheet that returns the JKS trackbar for a Teraflex one

 

Hang on there... didn't you say the TF arms are better than the EVO ones because they have jam nuts.... doesn't that make the JKS trackbar better than the TF one, because it has a jam nut

 

That's what I'm saying . I kinda liked my old F/T trackbar better - then again, it'd been on there for over a year - guess I'll wait and give this one a year or so to see how it does. I'd just hate for the threads to loosen like how the drag link does every now and then when you go wheeling and flex

 

I'll tell you what... unless something big changes between now and then, when I am ready for control arms I'll join the dark side.... just don't tell Luke

....or Mark for that matter

 

LOL... Why not Mark?

 

sshhhhh, he's a Jedi

 

Never mind - I've had one too many root beers tonight