HELP!! Do I have my control arms reversed??
07-17-2004, 03:49 PM
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HELP!! Do I have my control arms reversed??
I just realized that the front upper control arms are interchangeable side to side even though they are side specific..........so can someone please tell me if I have them installed correctly???
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07-17-2004, 03:54 PM
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Race Director
I believe that you have them on correctly. Looks like you have done a lot of work. Looking good.
07-17-2004, 04:55 PM
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CFOT Attention Whore
can't open the link in your post. pretty easy way to tell though is if you drew a line from the ball joint to the front pivot point and then along the a-arm bar, that line is notably longer, and more of an acute angle. the angle created by the rear pivot point centerline to the ball joint is almost perpendicular. the angle from the front pivot point to the ball joint will be more like 50-60*.
basically, if the ball joint is located behind the lateral centerline of the a-arm, your good.
you almost certainly have it correct. if you had them reversed, you would have probably noticed the location of the wheels in the wheelwell would look peculiarly far forward.
basically, if the ball joint is located behind the lateral centerline of the a-arm, your good.
you almost certainly have it correct. if you had them reversed, you would have probably noticed the location of the wheels in the wheelwell would look peculiarly far forward.
07-17-2004, 05:13 PM
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Team Owner
HAHA....which makes me wonder, if us with modern tires want a differant camber/caster correction with turns, and so would swapping the LOWER controll arms along with some combo of the uppers....make any sense at all...???
open question...I just dunno....
GENE
open question...I just dunno....
GENE
07-17-2004, 06:43 PM
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CFOT Attention Whore
gene, i don't think it would work, not without alot of fabrication. on the lowers, you have the swaybar pick-up. that would have to be moved. on both, the ball joints mount at an angle off the horizontal plane (maybe just the upper?) so that would have to be converted.
07-17-2004, 07:10 PM
#10
Originally Posted by mrvette
HAHA....which makes me wonder, if us with modern tires want a differant camber/caster correction with turns, and so would swapping the LOWER controll arms along with some combo of the uppers....make any sense at all...???
open question...I just dunno....
GENE
open question...I just dunno....
GENE
As for the upper arms, I can't see the pics but they are offset to the rear of the car, just like the lower ones. like this:
