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Old 09-18-2013, 05:42 PM
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I installed the brackets,with my stock lca arms,i put them in lower hole,of the 2,now when turning i get a popping,or going to reverse from forward,or back to forward its loud,i also noticed now that my drivers side is sitting 1 inch higher than the other side,it wasnt like that before they were installed,any ideas what is wrong. I lower car on the ground loosened the lca bracket from the arms pushed up and down on the car ,retightened it, still the same,i did notice when installing the brackets i had a real hard time getting shocks to mount up .......help
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I hope this isn't chronic. I was looking at those same LCAs and brackets.

Did you use the stock LCAs or their LCAs?
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Yes i used the stock 1s they said it would work fine,with my stock motor
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i hope this isn't chronic. I was looking at those same lcas and brackets.

Did you use the stock lcas or their lcas?
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I'm running the Founders poly/rod on car adjustable LCAs and the relocation brackets and I am having zero issues with them. When you installed the brackets did you alter the e-brake bracket any? Normally you will either have to bend one side out or cut a piece off. If you bent it, I would check to make sure that it is not rubbing/hitting something else. What problem did you have getting the shock back on?
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The e brake bracket i bent out installed arms tapped braket with hammer bolted it up,the shocks seems to be out of alinment,had to tap them in with a hammer after using a pry bar to move the brackets in place
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i'm running the founders poly/rod on car adjustable lcas and the relocation brackets and i am having zero issues with them. When you installed the brackets did you alter the e-brake bracket any? Normally you will either have to bend one side out or cut a piece off. If you bent it, i would check to make sure that it is not rubbing/hitting something else. What problem did you have getting the shock back on?
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Originally Posted by JAYSS10
The e brake bracket i bent out installed arms tapped braket with hammer bolted it up,the shocks seems to be out of alinment,had to tap them in with a hammer after using a pry bar to move the brackets in place
A prybar definitely should not have been needed. Did you install these with the suspension loaded? It should be hanging free when doing installs such as this.
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I just Put the Founders LCA relocation brackets on yesterday and I have no issues at all. you need to make sure you got all your bolts tight. retighten them all with the car at normal right height. Loose them then retighten at ride height.
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I don't recall having to bend any ebrake brackets when I put my Founders relocations on
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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO
I don't recall having to bend any ebrake brackets when I put my Founders relocations on
Here is a shot of what I had to do to get mine on. The relo bracket would not fit for me unless I did this on both sides.


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Weird. No bending anything here. I should get a picture.
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that's what im going to do I maybe didn't get them tight enough
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I just Put the Founders LCA relocation brackets on yesterday and I have no issues at all. you need to make sure you got all your bolts tight. retighten them all with the car at normal right height. Loose them then retighten at ride height.
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The best way to install these is to place the shock mount side on first loose and then rotate the lca side up in place. The angle of the shock mount makes it difficult to do it in reverse.
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ok update,i loosened up all bolts car went back to sitting level,with car on ramps front and back I tightened everything back up,took car for a drive it started popping again,now car is 1 1/2 inches higher on drivers side again,any ideas what is wrong,the car was sitting level when I tightened it up after driving it does this



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