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Old 10-22-2013, 02:25 PM   #84 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
Got my arms installed.

Had one bolt that was sticking out of the right side inner fender hitting the control arm at full upward travel. So I grounded it down.

In the last picture. Something that happen. When I removed the bolt that holds the upper ball joint in the spindle. The arm popped up by it's self. About 3". So this tells me that the bushings don't rotate, but twist. So there is no free movement of the arm.
In the Last picture, it shows that you are working with the stock arm.

This happens because stock Rubber Bushings bind and dont move as freely and have much more stiction than the SPL arms.

This is because the SPL arms have Spherical Bearings and these are able to move freely.

Thanks,
Mike
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