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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 02:58 AM
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is it true i can flip my stock upper control arm to get Allignment
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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yes sir
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:17 AM
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how do i take off the bolt the bolts on to the spindle
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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Could you elaborate please?
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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By pulling the arm and re installing the ball joint opposite ways. It puts your arm in this position (on the bottom in the pic) fixing the horrid ball joint angles thus making the truck much easier to align and work with and saves ball joints.


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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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im guessing you mean the balljoint bolt? just remove the cotter pin and castle nut then hit the side of the spindle until it seperates.

when re-installing the balljoints, make sure its swinging in the correct motion. there's typically a dot that indicates the front/back
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Nice! I didn't know this.. You having problems getting your truck aligned?
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Interesting, I never considered this possibility. So, do the control arms stay on the same sides, or do you swap left to right, etc?
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Old Apr 12, 2010 | 09:33 PM
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u take the left side and flip it upside down and mount on the right side, and vise versa
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