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orientation of tubular UCAs #1190321 03/03/12 02:13 PM 03/03/12 02:13 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 292 Keizer, Oregon D Dadrules OP enthusiast
Dadrules OP enthusiast D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 292 Keizer, Oregon	long story short, I've been away from working on our 65 Barracuda for a couple of years. I'm now finishing up the front end, electrical etc. I installed tubular UCAs from firmfeel and want to double check that I'm installed them correctly. How can i tell which side they should be installed on? thank you.

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: Dadrules] #1190322 03/03/12 03:23 PM 03/03/12 03:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,168 Vancouver, WA MoparMarq super stock
MoparMarq super stock Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,168 Vancouver, WA	When the UCA is installed, the ball joint mount hole axis should be close to vertical. Since the axis around which the arm rotates is canted down to the rear along the frame rail, the ball joint mount is canted the opposite direction to keep it relatively vertical... (Sorry, don't have any decent pics.)

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: Dadrules] #1190323 03/03/12 05:53 PM 03/03/12 05:53 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 701 Northern California lilcuda super stock
lilcuda super stock Joined: May 2007 Posts: 701 Northern California	Here's a couple pictures of FF upper control arms on my 66 Barracuda. They also should be marked on top of the ball joint. Mine were. 7101644-IMG_0182(Medium).JPG (88 downloads) '67 is an abbreviation of 1967 67' is an abbreviation of 67 feet They are not interchangeable.

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: lilcuda] #1190324 03/03/12 05:54 PM 03/03/12 05:54 PM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 701 Northern California lilcuda super stock
lilcuda super stock Joined: May 2007 Posts: 701 Northern California	Passenger side... 7101645-IMG_0178(Medium).JPG (77 downloads) '67 is an abbreviation of 1967 67' is an abbreviation of 67 feet They are not interchangeable.

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: lilcuda] #1190325 03/03/12 06:14 PM 03/03/12 06:14 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 292 Keizer, Oregon D Dadrules OP enthusiast
Dadrules OP enthusiast D Joined: May 2005 Posts: 292 Keizer, Oregon	Lee and Marq thank you both this is exactly what I needed to see

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: Dadrules] #1190326 03/04/12 02:40 AM 03/04/12 02:40 AM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,491 Lethbridge, AB, Canada dangina pro stock
dangina pro stock Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,491 Lethbridge, AB, Canada	my hotchkis ones were marked as well..

Re: orientation of tubular UCAs [Re: MoparMarq] #1190327 03/04/12 03:39 AM 03/04/12 03:39 AM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 186 Middleton, ID C curleysracecars member
curleysracecars member C Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 186 Middleton, ID	Quote: When the UCA is installed, the ball joint mount hole axis should be close to vertical. Since the axis around which the arm rotates is canted down to the rear along the frame rail, the ball joint mount is canted the opposite direction to keep it relatively vertical... (Sorry, don't have any decent pics.) This is how control arms SHOULD be built...however there are many that are not this way. The "cant" needs to be built into the arms so that at a static height, the ball joint is near the center of its movement in all axis'. Kyle Curley

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