Reversing UCA's (Pics)

[JamesDub]

Will flipping them make the upper ball joint mount any closer any closer to the tire ? Probably a dumb question but I have very little clearance to the tire sidewall right now .

[fishsticks]

Will flipping them make the upper ball joint mount any closer any closer to the tire ? Probably a dumb question but I have very little clearance to the tire sidewall right now .

Negatory. I had very little clearance before I got spacers as well.

[JamesDub]

Thanks for the quick reply

[janesy86]

Got an appointment for another alignment today at 3... will post up spec sheet later. Hopefully it goes better today at another location.

[janesy86]

Don't have a camera to get the spec sheet on here but, I'll just list em.

Still don't really get it.. Visually my tires seem to have a good amount of positive camber. According to this Firestone, it was not changed from yesterday and it's dead on.

Toe was way off before, fixed it today...

And caster was unchanged and looks good on the spec sheet, but after looking over Kyle's sheet in the other thread, the shop today changed the range so it looks good. Should be 3.3-4.5 on the left and 3.5-4.7 on the right. I'm at 2.4 left and 2.5 right.

They changed the specs on the sheet for caster to 3.3-1.8 so 'it's in the green'...

And the funny thing is it drives much better tho than it did before I went in at all. I'm going crazy.

[djthumper]

And the funny thing is it drives much better tho than it did before I went in at all. I'm going crazy.

I don't think that is a very long trip for any of us.

[wink]

This week I flipped the UCA's and added 87 springs. Today I went to Firestone and was told they could not touch it because the truck had been modified. After a little back and forth I took it across the street to a competitor and came out with this:

[lupisnegris77]

Flipped UCAs and installed Marks new 3" suspension lift couldn't be happier with the results thanks for all the info all who posted And just to add a little more light to the subject i needed no cutting and alignment was good to go. I'll be posting pics of the new lift on the new lift thread tomorrow if anyone wants to check them out. Thanks again yall

[JamesDub]

Flipped the UCAs and new ball joints and marks new lift on my 2" longer japanese coils .
Pics to come shortly . Finaly fixed my exhaust manifold leak too .

[Trail X]

Just to further dog-pile on this thread, here are a couple rather dark pics of mine (I really need better lighting in my garage!).

You can sorta see the areas that had to be notched from the body. Not sure how it could be done without notching the body.

As with many things, be sure to soak the UCA bolts with some penetrating lube a few days ahead of time (soak the threaded portion that's extending into the strut saddle). One of mine wouldn't budge with the crescent wrench, so I had to cut extra in order to clear a socket and breaker bar.

Driver side:
When cutting, watch out for the rubber tubes right behind the wall (seen on the left side). I used a small piece of wood to help protect them.


Passenger side:
Watch out for the washer fluid reservoir, it's rather close.

[janesy86]

Finally jumped on the bandwagon huh!? And FWIW I didn't have to notch the body, it was tight but I got mine off w/o any cutting.

[Trail X]

Finally jumped on the bandwagon huh!? And FWIW I didn't have to notch the body, it was tight but I got mine off w/o any cutting.

Wow, after doing it, I don't know if I'd want to try without cutting first. Even with the cuts, it was tight at the end. Plus, I HAD to cut one of them to fit a socket... my adjustable wrench was trying to round off some corners.

[navigator]

so hopefully I'll be installing my 2inch rough country lift this weekend.
From what I have read I should go ahead and flip my UCA's to decrease the ball joint angle.
I'm only lifting the 2 inches, no short term plans of going higher.
Outside of having to cut a little fender well are there any negatives to doing this with only the 2 inch lift?
It appears that it doesn't introduce any additional alignment issues.

I just want to confirm before I cut my fender well.

[bgwolfpack]

I haven't flipped mine because the RC kit didn't seem to change the joint angle at all. Remember most have done this after going beyond the standard kit or after adding the stiffer numbered front springs. This I think is more a quick fix to the geometry and alignment problems some have had rather then a mod needed for all.

[navigator]

ok, I might leave mine alone then and see how things go.

[Stoked]

Successfully flipped UCAs and aligned! Even added outside spacers to struts. Excellent ride quality.

[MrSmithsTB]

You must be stoked.

[Flying Monkey]

Soon to be doing my flip. Just have to get some new ball joints and have money for alignment ......again.

[Trail X]

Looks real good Juan.

Soon to be doing my flip. Just have to get some new ball joints and have money for alignment ......again.

Ball joints are a PITA. Make sure you rent a ball joint press, otherwise I can imagine it to be a nightmare.

[Flying Monkey]

Looks real good Juan.

Soon to be doing my flip. Just have to get some new ball joints and have money for alignment ......again.

Ball joints are a PITA. Make sure you rent a ball joint press, otherwise I can imagine it to be a nightmare.

Yeah while i had front end apart fixing CV Boot the other day I was checking them out since I had to undo the UCA from ball joint....look easy to get out (BFH) but seating new ones back in could be trouble