Guest KraZ4spd Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 Aren't the ball joints suposed to be mounted to the top of the control arm? What would the difference be if it were done this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted March 9, 2002 Share Posted March 9, 2002 Yes, above the control arm is OE, AFAIK. As far as a strength or safety aspect, I doubt it matters much. The control arm itself is at a slightly different angle this way, but as far as the roll center and camber change aspects are concerned, the suspension won't know any different - it's the line between the ball joint center and the inner pivot that matters. The only effect I can see is that in a corner the anti-sway bar is pushing down on the arm on the outside arm. This setup might be better since the arm would bear down on the ball joint body instead of on the bolts heads if the ball joint was installed above the arm. BTW, is that your car/site? Whoever it is thanks for the link and the comps! Nice site! Never thought of that before! BTW2, the link is broken to my site. It's at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/pparaska Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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