Al's arm questoons

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 10:58 pm

ok so I am getting the items to lift and still looking for a mechanic to lift it. I been reading the instructions for the a arms. the instructions indicate that the pockets need opened. Do I need to add any rust proofing or paint undercoating around the area to be cut out?

replacement of the lower ball joint is recommended how important is this?
there is mention of rechecking the bolts that bolts the ball joint to the arms are torqued to 20 pounds every 3000 miles. how many that have put them on need to do this?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:39 pm

No need to cut anything,they will safely self clearance without damage to the arms.

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:31 am

Thanks, and what about replacing the lower ball joint and tightening the bolts on the A arms every 3000 miles?

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:50 pm

I was reading over it again, one place he says to re torque the ball joint after 3000 miles and in a caption every 3000 the first tends to make more sense to me. who would want to have to recheck that all the time.

I did find the lower ball joint by moog on rockauto.com for 30 some dollars so i might order two before all this is installed just to know most everything is in good shape.

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Dec 12, 2012 11:52 pm

recheck them after 2-3000 and they should be good
Also make sure you do final torque with the weight of the vehicle on the ground

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:21 am

Thanks Tom

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