Upper Control Arm Movement

bud4660

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Can I leave the shaft bushing nuts alittle loose to make the arm move up and down easier?? Or is that a bad ideal??
Thanks
Bud

 

67coupestang

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sounds like kind of a bad idea...

 

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Ronstang

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That is a really, really BAD idea.

 

bud4660

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You know you guys are taking the fun out of this dont you....

 

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Ronstang

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It would be a lot less fun to deal with the possible consequences of your "good idea"...hehehe

 

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Yes.....and yes.

 

67coupestang

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doesnt TCP make an upper with better pivots?? hell just build your own with bearings there...

but please dont leave it loose

 

bud4660

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Dont panic guys. Its not the worst ideal I have tried...lol
The ones from TCP and Global West look more like roadracing stuff. I think I read where they do that negative wedge thing? This is a dragrace only car. The old control arms have the shaft nuts welded to the arms, so I cant get them off. I ordered new Drake arms to put back on it. They are just as tight as the old ones were. I am going to put it together with those for now. When I get time, I am going to try and cut the nuts off the old arms and see what I can come up with for bearing and see. I am open to ideals.....
Thanks
Bud

Wait till I take pictures of the lower ones and post them up for you to check out..... lol

 

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If she's a "drag only" unit, I'd make 'em.

 

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The rubber seal is what's making the arms hard to move, not the nuts. Without the seal the arms move very smooth with no bind. I have put arms together without the seal and it works great for a track only car. Rain is a bad thing for upper shaft kits with no seal so it's not a good idea for a street car.

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bud4660

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Opentracker said:

The rubber seal is what's making the arms hard to move, not the nuts. Without the seal the arms move very smooth with no bind. I have put arms together without the seal and it works great for a track only car. Rain is a bad thing for upper shaft kits with no seal so it's not a good idea for a street car.

John

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I wondered about how much the seal was involved in making it hard to move. I have never had one apart. But it looked like a metal to metal setup with just a seal. Cool. I will pull them apart and remove the seals. Put somekind of good grease in them and go that way. And this is a race only car. There is no way to drive it on the street and the cops leave me alone...

Thanks
Bud