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    Quote Originally Posted by myjones View Post
    Next step;
    Look at the welds on the chassis where the rear mounting tabs are for the (upper) control arms. On the inside of the shorter tab in
    each pair where the barrel mounts you will likely see that the weld interferes with the lip on the Urethane insert.
    You will probably have to carve off some of the thickness of that flange for about a 1/4 turn so the arm can swing freely through
    it's full range of travel. Some builders have ground off part of that weld but that approach scares me.
    DB
    Good call on this, definitely found this to be true. Also had issues with welds protruding up around the ball joint keeping the dust cover from fitting properly.
    Last edited by JOP33; 04-05-2017 at 06:11 AM.
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