Andreb84 Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 Bought some alba a arms and sold my stock a arms without thinking....sooo the alba a arms as i have learned the hard way dont come complete...just bought tie rod ends and now i need bushings and end caps My question is when you buy alba a arms just by themselves what are the things you have to buy with it to make it a complete set noob question i know but the last thing i wanna do is buy these and then need something else Quote
Keno Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 Did you buy used? I would double check against what they list coming with their product. http://teamalbaracing.com/i-18100080-banshee-21-a-arms.html Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) No i bought them brand new on ebay....all it came with was upper and lower a arms with upper and lower ball joints a set of tie rods with no tie rod ends and 4 washers They make it sound good even in the link you provided but when you look at the picture in the left hand corner thats all you get Edited February 22, 2016 by Andreb84 Quote
Motooutcastxxx Posted February 22, 2016 Report Posted February 22, 2016 They don't generally sell them with tie rod ends because the ones you have will work, or I should say the ones you had.... I bought the same set accept I called Alba directly and got the BHQ member discount. Awesome people to deal with. Just a tip, pay attention to where those "4 washers" go. I believe it does tell you in the instructions though but can't remember, any issues or questions just call them and they should fix you right up. 1 Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Posted February 23, 2016 Yeah i have been trying to call them directly for weeks now and no one ever answers the phone ...i think i have everything i need but the grease fittings....which i dont have any problem buying i just have no idea as to what size to order Thats my issue at this point Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Posted February 23, 2016 Ok great i finally got them To answer the phone 1 Quote
Motooutcastxxx Posted February 23, 2016 Report Posted February 23, 2016 Yeah i have been trying to call them directly for weeks now and no one ever answers the phone ...i think i have everything i need but the grease fittings....which i dont have any problem buying i just have no idea as to what size to order Thats my issue at this point They showed up without the zerk fittings? Mine showed up with 1 bad ball joint, they shipped it out priority mail immediately no questions asked. I'm sure they'd do the same for you. I don't know about that not answering the phone unless there's a time zone issue going on there, they answered every time I called... Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) The guy was cool about it he said he sent the grease fittings out on priority free of charge and that i should have them within a couple days Very helpful lol customer service was great once i finally got them on the phone Edited February 23, 2016 by Andreb84 Quote
Dunatic619 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 What about bushings and end caps? Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Posted February 24, 2016 Since i sold my stock a arms complete (dumb move) on my Part and i needed the collar sleeves and end caps anyway i bought an a arm rebuild kit from american star that included the 6 collar sleeves 12 rubber bushings and 12 end caps that i needed...kit came out to 80 tie rod ends another 40 and the a arms came out to 300....so thats 420 for a complete new front end Quote
sheerider11 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 Since i sold my stock a arms complete (dumb move) on my Part and i needed the collar sleeves and end caps anyway i bought an a arm rebuild kit from american star that included the 6 collar sleeves 12 rubber bushings and 12 end caps that i needed...kit came out to 80 tie rod ends another 40 and the a arms came out to 300....so thats 420 for a complete new front end Alba doesn't supply bushings? I know most don't supply caps and sleeves, but bushings I figured to be part of the deal Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Report Posted February 24, 2016 i didnt make a big deal about the bushings because of the other shit i had to buy they dont make a kit minus the bushings anyway... from my understanding the bushings where supposed to be pre installed like the zerk fittings I had already ordered the rebuild kit from american star days before i even got alba on the phone and at that point i just needed the zerk fittings....they seemed like reasonable ppl very friendly im sure they would have sent the bushings with no problems had i asked Quote
banshee#527 Posted February 24, 2016 Report Posted February 24, 2016 I recently purchased +2+1 Alba arms and they don't have grease zerks either Quote
Andreb84 Posted February 25, 2016 Author Report Posted February 25, 2016 Damn alba needs to get it right... Quote
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