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adjustable lower control arms

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adjustable lower control arms

Post by Benny Jahmin »

hi there
i just recieved my adjustable control arms from superior .. i am running a patrol with 4 inch lift . how critical is the adjustment .. i know the diff and gear box angles are suposed to be parralell .. is there an easy way of checking this ?? or is there a specific measurement longer than standard that would work

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Post by mavzilla »

20 mm lomger should do the trick just fine
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Post by steel »

aswell as pinion angle, you should also be trying to get spring and damper mounts on the axle looking good in relation to their mounts on the chassis.

18mm did it for my mates GQ shorty with 3 inch lift.

oh, and he also had adjustable uppers aswell, which i assume you have also.
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Post by shortyq »

you mean trailing arms!
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Post by steel »

shortyq wrote:you mean trailing arms!
no the rears are not "trailing arms" they are leading arms

whats the problem with calling them lower control arms anyway?
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Post by crankycruiser »

steel wrote:
shortyq wrote:you mean trailing arms!
no the rears are not "trailing arms" they are leading arms

whats the problem with calling them lower control arms anyway?
this is outers.. wat else did u expect?
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Post by steel »

crankycruiser wrote:
steel wrote:
shortyq wrote:you mean trailing arms!
no the rears are not "trailing arms" they are leading arms

whats the problem with calling them lower control arms anyway?
this is outers.. wat else did u expect?
can get frustrating on here lately, some people are to quick to use the !!!!!!! key.
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Post by crankycruiser »

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Post by chunks »

steel wrote:
shortyq wrote:you mean trailing arms!
no the rears are not "trailing arms" they are leading arms

whats the problem with calling them lower control arms anyway?
I have never heard rear arms called "leading" arms?? Always used the term trailing arms, so does everyone who sells them.
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Post by steve patrol »

Does everyone know what he's talking about though??? Call em lower steel thingymagiggs with a rubber thingy at both ends that goes from big steel thing under the truck to the big steel thing that the tyres are connected to... who cares what you call it... you know what he means :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: its not a uni degree, just a sorce of info... my 2c :roll:
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Post by steel »

front control arms are called trailing arms because they are "trailing the axle", or,,, the axle is "leading the arms".
rear control arms are called leading arms because the axle is trailing them.

i cut my teeth on rangies, and all related literature used the terminology described above.
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Post by roverrat »

*crickets* lol outers is gettin very pedantic
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Post by Struth »

I thought they were upper and lower "Control Arms"!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by mhgill »

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Post by Luxo »

steel wrote:front control arms are called trailing arms because they are "trailing the axle", or,,, the axle is "leading the arms".
rear control arms are called leading arms because the axle is trailing them.

i cut my teeth on rangies, and all related literature used the terminology described above.
I disagree. The rear arms are called trailing arms, control arm is acceptable terminology even though a control arm generally refers to a wishbone type setup. The fronts are leading arms or to be anal they should actually be referred to as Radius arms.
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Post by GQuick »

i think i speak for most when i say, honestly, who gives a shit what they are called, we do or should know what he is talking about. petty pedantic crap :bad-words:
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