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[bigcat]

walter, thanks for the feedback. ill try to take some more pics when i am installing my new upper control arm this week. i contacted J&M, and they told me instructions are supposed to be included, and must have been an oversight by someone.

im not sure what the problem was with the bushings. were they just not staying "in" the control arm?

shoot me a PM and let me know what i should take pics of specifically. i want the write up to be helpful for everyone, not just some people. any way i can improve them, i am all ears!

 

[walter]

Hello everyone thanks.

Bigcat I would like to see a good (i.e. more centered picture) of the back/lower portion of the LCA installed. I think I got it right but perspective (along with a healthy dose of flash in your picture) makes it a little difficult to figure out which side has the longer space and which has the tube. I guessed the tube goes on the inside of the car not toward the wheel right?

 

[bigcat]

see the offset in the second picture? that points toward the differential (center of the car).

 

[walter]

I might be using the word offset incorrectly but I'm guessing that the bottom part of the second picture goes toward the diff on the driver's side right?

That's what I was talking about without a proper shot on the car It is difficult to match the correct control arm to the proper side of the car.

 

[bigcat]

the longer side goes toward the diff.

 

[DarkFireGT]

I think without zerk fittings, they're going to be universal as far as which side. Just line up the offset right.

 

[bigcat]

I think without zerk fittings, they're going to be universal as far as which side. Just line up the offset right.

yep, the fittings dont have much of an effect on side, other than being able to grease them. so you are 100% correct.

 

[walter]

crap! i put them on backwards then. the spaced part is to the wheel because the photo looked like it was
im not looking foreward to doing this job over. how bad is it to drive like this?

 

[bigcat]

i dont know how bad it may be for your car. on the plus side, if you are simply removing the arm and swapping it around, the axle should not move much in that very short amount of time. they should go pretty easy.

 

[walter]

you know i stared at your picture for half an hour and the bar is on the right side of the zerk fitting on the left wheel you sure?

 

[bigcat]

i will look at it again in the daylight.

 

[walter]

Here's what I'm seeing.... (this is your car BC not mine)

 

[DarkFireGT]

The offset definitely faces inward. Either the angle on that pic is deceiving, or the LCA's are on backwards. Every set of instructions I've seen shows the larger part of the rear of the LCA facing the differential.

 

[walter]

Then mine are on backwards. I'm really disappointed that J&M forgot to add some instructions with the set. I hope that unfortunately the driving that I have to do before I get a chance to flip the LCA's won't cause damage to the set because this is most definitely their fault for this oversight.

 

[DarkFireGT]

I don't think it would cause damage, but don't do any hard launches and get them swapped ASAP.

 

[PDXStangDude]

I received instructions with my LCA's...

On the bushings... I had a problem with them sliding back out. I figured out and the instructions specifically say (if I would have read them I wouldn' have had a problem) to grease all the bushing and insert them into the LCA's then slide the metal sleeve in. I however put two of the bushing with sleeve already inserted. When I went to install the third bushing it kept backing out. I realized it was air tight and that was causing the problem.

 

[sonnier]

I just installed mine so the decals were visible and right side up. They went on perfectly.

 

[bigcat]

just went out to look. arm is too low to tell with the brackets installed as well. i will check it out for you when i install the UCA this week. i am pretty sure it is just the picture angle.

 

[walter]

Well the car drives good without any NVH and corners EXCELLENT. If I was to guess the slight angle on the tubular section would put extra strain on the bushings and probably munch them if they're abused constantly. What sucks is I got a really bad cold from working on the car (read overzealous) and I won't be able to work on this till this week-end or the next! I'll e-mail J&M and see what they say maybe they'll give me a new set of bushings for when I finally get the chance to back these out.

But hey on the plus side the red tube behind the wheel looks pimp.

 

[bigcat]

update for the questions about my picture. the arm is indeed installed correctly with the long side to the inside of the car. the picture is just a funny angle. i completed my UCA install too. expect that write up soon!