Greekey

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Well I changed my right front lower and upper A-arms today with Umi products. I had the biggest pain in the *** lower a-arm, rear bolt. It was siezed inside the bushing so it had to be cut out and replaced with a new one. Anyways does anyone know the proper torque specs for the upper and lower a-arm bolts?



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99Bluz28

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Front upper control arm torque specs: 72 lb.ft.

Upper ball joint: 39 lb.ft.


Front lower control arm torque specs:
Front bolt: 74 lb.ft.
Rear Bolt : 85 lb.ft.

Lower ball joint: 81 lb.ft.

Tie rod end nut: 39 lb.ft.

Greekey

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Thank you very much

whitdog54

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Red suspension parts always look awesome, good work.

Bluz28 where did you get those specs?

UMI Sales

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Hello, Greeky,
Everything looks great glad you like the product! I answered your PM so if you have any other questions feel free to ask!
Thanks Again,
Brad

Tuffguy610

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Nice setup! I was thinking of doing the same, but the cost will be alot. How hard was it to take the LCA's off, provided you didn't get that rear bolt stuck? LOL@ 1989 LS1 Geo Metro (Doesn't it say Lsi on the back? I always laugh at that)

Greekey

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Im not gonna sit here and say it was an easy job changing the front lower A-arm, or an inexpensive one. I have never got into doing vehicle modifications myself until 2 months ago so I did a lot of research before stepping in to do it. If my bolt wasnt siezed I could of had the a-arm off in no time. But it was stuck for 3 weeks before I decided this bastard isnt moving so BAM, sawzall time.

Black02SLPSS

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Very nice. Let us know if those lower a arms transmit any extra road noise since those have the rod ends on them.

Mike96z

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Looks good, did you paint the spindle.

Greekey

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Yes I painted the spindle. Took alot of work to get all the rust off before painting it. But I think it came out pretty good.