Upper control arm fitment
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Upper control arm fitment
I'm preparing to do upper control arms and lower ball joints on my 2001 4wd. I'm confused about the upper control arm. Mine is a two-piece arm on the passenger side. I don't know why this one would be different than the driver side. It seems to offer additional adjustment capabilities, but why would only one sided need that adjustment. I have heard that the one piece uca that is available will work. Will I be able to get a proper alignment without the adjustments that the two-piece uca has? Thanks.
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It's not going to make a difference I believe. Are you not the first owner? I don't remember from my research Ford using asymmetrical styles of UCAs. I am about to do the UCAs on my Ranger and after research I've discovered some people replace one side at a time and will replace with their preferred style of part (pre-greased, w/ grease fittings, or two-piece). I don't think it'll hurt having different ones.
I got my parts cheap so I just got the same for both sides, one-piece, and will replace them at the same time. I suppose you can replace one at a time but I would make sure its the same style as the other one.
I got my parts cheap so I just got the same for both sides, one-piece, and will replace them at the same time. I suppose you can replace one at a time but I would make sure its the same style as the other one.
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