TRW suspension components manufactured in our Johor Bahru factory (Malaysia) are tested to breaking point, literally. All ball-joints, track control arms and axial rods manufactured there are tested against the OE product, and almost always out-perform them.
At the recent Asia Pacific sales conference in Johor Bahru, Veera Tevathus (Senior Program Manager) showed the TRW Asia Pacific sales team just why they can sell TRW suspension parts with confidence.
Veera was not content with just showing a machine and test results, he really had a point to prove about how much pull strength ball-joints manufactured at his factory can take. He loaded up a pallet with 3,900kg - the equivalent of three Mercedes Benz E-Class. He then attached a TRW ball-joint to a fork lift truck, and the pallet. Then he lifted the pallet, using just the ball-joint (with some elaborate attachments to ensure just the ball-joint was doing all of the lifting). Here you can see the ball-joint in action.
