Upper Conrol Arm Pictures
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Racer
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From: St. James, NC
Upper Conrol Arm Pictures
Can someone provide a few good pictures of (OE) right and left upper control arms? It's time to reassemble and I'm a little fuzzy about which is which.
thanks
Pat
thanks
Pat
Team Owner
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From: Westminster Maryland
Hi Pat,
If you look at the arms from above you'll see that each arm has a more curved side and a straighter side from the shaft to the ball joint. The more curved side faces towards the front of the car.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Alan
If you look at the arms from above you'll see that each arm has a more curved side and a straighter side from the shaft to the ball joint. The more curved side faces towards the front of the car.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Alan
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I had this same issue when I rebuilt my suspension about 2 weeks ago, and I also couldn't find a good picture that really showed which side went to the front.
Like Allan said(he's always right!) the more curved side goes toward the front. I'm not sure you could reverse the left and right without the ball joint end of the arm ending up at a really goofy angle anyway, but it's good piece of mind to know for sure.
Like Allan said(he's always right!) the more curved side goes toward the front. I'm not sure you could reverse the left and right without the ball joint end of the arm ending up at a really goofy angle anyway, but it's good piece of mind to know for sure.
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Racer
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: St. James, NC
Thanks guys for the great post...the information brings peace of mind to my rebuild process. That is the way I have them attached...curved side forward. I have the upper and lower control arms on and the bearing assemblies connected to the lower balljoints. Just need to compress the springs and connect the assemblies to the upper balljoints and the hard part should over.
Thanks All
Thanks All
