Crack in Radius Arm

Brikon · Aug 3, 2017

I recently noticed a Crack in my radius arms. It start making a metal to metal squeaking noise thats how I noticed it. It squeaks really bad. My Driver side is the worst, but the passenger side looks like it may do the same in anytime. I've attached some pictures so you can see what Im talking about.
Anyone have any advice? Could I be able to throw a weld on it and call it a day?

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Juvenator93 · Aug 3, 2017

Brikon said:
I recently noticed a Crack in my radius arms. It start making a metal to metal squeaking noise thats how I noticed it. It squeaks really bad. My Driver side is the worst, but the passenger side looks like it may do the same in anytime. I've attached some pictures so you can see what Im talking about.
Anyone have any advice? Could I be able to throw a weld on it and call it a day?

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Warranty from the manufacturer?

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muddy12 · Aug 4, 2017

Do you go off road (or otherwise flex the front end) often?
While the radius arm design may be fine on the street, any time the suspension is flexed, the arms are under a lot of stress. Throw poly bushing into the mix, and all that stress is transferred directly to the arms.

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lharrell79 · Aug 4, 2017

Contact FTS, and see if they will make it right. If not, any competent metal shop should be able to weld some gusset plates on those arms. Make them look like the arms below:

Crack in Radius Arm

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