Hello everyone,

After checking several build threads and even specific threads about the UCAs, I still find myself not totally clear on this topic, and given that one of the potential solutions involves cutting a part, I want to make sure I got it 100% right before pulling the trigger. And as it is relevant to my question, I do have power steering for my build.

I understand that the UCAs are flipped, meaning the Right Side/Passenger Side UCA has 2 pivot bolts towards the front of the car and the Left Side/Driver Side UCA has only 1 pivot bolt towards the front of the car. However, after playing with the sleeve and jam nuts, I can't get the side with only 1 pivot bolt down to 7.375', which seems to indicate I do need to do some cutting. According to my diagram, are these the sections of the UCAs that need to be cut?

ucas_diagram.jpg

  1. What needs to be cut and by how much? The ends of the sleeves (red boxes) and/or the threads (yellow boxes)?
  2. Any best practices to do this? Type of saw, spray WD40 before cutting, etc?


uca_cut_diagram.jpg

Lastly, I also saw mentioned in some threads to add grease or anti-seize inside of the sleeves before putting it back together, but it's not mentioned in the manual. Is this a good idea or not?

Thank you everyone in advance!