upper ball joint and control arm check

[Bill Elliott]

I posted this in my build thread , just one the experts to double check my work before I finish the passenger side and hang these.

I didn't want to fight with the ball joints so I cleaned the threads up with a wire brush. That made the ball joint super easy to put in, was able to tighten by hand till the last thread or two. Is that ok? Yes, I did put some blue thread locker in. After cutting the adjustment sleeves and bolts I am able to go as short as 7- 1/8 .

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I also have the energy suspension boot to put on these

[CraigS]

Looks good to me. You can make a small mark on the ball joint and another right next to it on the uca so you can easily tell if the BJ moves.

[Jeff Kleiner]

Yep, looks OK! I assume that you cut the sleeves because you're using power steering (good call ;)). Adjust like so and you'll be real close to 7-8 degrees positive caster and .5 degree negative camber which be a great starting point until you get a full alignment.

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Jeff