Front Lower Control Arm

 

Here I completely reproduced the arm from scratch. I got an engineering company to bend me Chromoly tube to the arm shape then I made up the rest and bosses for the Chromoly Rod Ends plus brackets for the sway bar.

 

It took me a while to make sure I had all the anles right and that the rod ends didn't bind with the full travel in the suspension.

 

When I was happy I got them welded... I could have done this myself but I didn't have the correct filler rod and I wanted to make sure it was done correctly.

 

The rear rubber joint is replaced with a sherical bearing in this alumimium housing... I did this myself and next time I will do it a little differently as it was very time consuming to machine these.

 

I have designed "jacking spacers" and this will allow adjustment to caster without removing the bolts. The camber adjustment will however be a matter of removing the bolt from the bottom of the strut to the rod end and winding in and out for adjustment. I have made this a little easier by having a 5/8" bolt instead of the normal taper on the normal ball joint.