Hammer
Verbal Junk Author
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- Jul 3, 2006
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Recently I had developed a clunk in my front end on my 98 and had it diagnosed as worn Upper Control Arm Bushings.Since I was using the Solid Steel Lower Arms I contacted my SS Dealer to see if they had plans on releasing their Upper Arms soon and to my dismay no news has been heard about them.
That led me to a search for a new set of arms as I did not want to replace the bushings with stock rubber bushings and I didn't care for the Energy Suspension designed bushing.After a long search and many emails and calls I decided to post here on Comp D about control arms and in stepped Comp D member "DieselDork".After some PMing and sending emails back and forth along with a few phone calls to him I decided to place my order with him for the new arms.
I ordered a set of his arms which use Ballistic Joints in place of rubber or poly bushings and had him do the double tube on the lowers for strength and looks.They were made 1/2 inch longer to accommodate my 2inch over D25 springs so it would recenter the front axle.After he had them made they then went to his powder coaters for a Bright Red finish and he then boxed them and shipped them to me for my install.
To do the install I had already ordered a new set of control arms bolts,nuts and new eccentrics because I had feared the uppers were seized in the bushing.Once we began the install we found that to be true and the upper control arm bolts had to cut to be removed and the lowers came right out.The install was very simple once we had the pesky seized upper arms out.The eccentrics were placed back where they were and all the new bolts were torqued to factory specs.To ensure that nothing had gotten out of whack I had the truck aligned and it was found the way that S&S Spring had set it last year for me when it was done by them.
What you see in the photos are the way he shipped them to me with each arm individually wrapped and protected with zero shipping damage. Mitchell took good care to ensure no damage happened while in transit.The finished product can bee seen installed on my truck in the other photos.To say I happy with his work and the product I paid for is an understatement.My truck drives some much better I can not relate in words the difference.It handles on the road better than when it was new and steers much nicer.
Thank You Mitchell for a great product and great service!.Its nice to know people like you enjoy working with your customers with your products and going that extra mile to help them..........Andy
That led me to a search for a new set of arms as I did not want to replace the bushings with stock rubber bushings and I didn't care for the Energy Suspension designed bushing.After a long search and many emails and calls I decided to post here on Comp D about control arms and in stepped Comp D member "DieselDork".After some PMing and sending emails back and forth along with a few phone calls to him I decided to place my order with him for the new arms.
I ordered a set of his arms which use Ballistic Joints in place of rubber or poly bushings and had him do the double tube on the lowers for strength and looks.They were made 1/2 inch longer to accommodate my 2inch over D25 springs so it would recenter the front axle.After he had them made they then went to his powder coaters for a Bright Red finish and he then boxed them and shipped them to me for my install.
To do the install I had already ordered a new set of control arms bolts,nuts and new eccentrics because I had feared the uppers were seized in the bushing.Once we began the install we found that to be true and the upper control arm bolts had to cut to be removed and the lowers came right out.The install was very simple once we had the pesky seized upper arms out.The eccentrics were placed back where they were and all the new bolts were torqued to factory specs.To ensure that nothing had gotten out of whack I had the truck aligned and it was found the way that S&S Spring had set it last year for me when it was done by them.
What you see in the photos are the way he shipped them to me with each arm individually wrapped and protected with zero shipping damage. Mitchell took good care to ensure no damage happened while in transit.The finished product can bee seen installed on my truck in the other photos.To say I happy with his work and the product I paid for is an understatement.My truck drives some much better I can not relate in words the difference.It handles on the road better than when it was new and steers much nicer.
Thank You Mitchell for a great product and great service!.Its nice to know people like you enjoy working with your customers with your products and going that extra mile to help them..........Andy
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