Installing the passenger side upper control arm, and swapping spindles side to side.

My last update was about getting the UCAs installed and spaced out properly, trimming the sleeves on the rear mounts for the upper control arms gives ample room to adjust caster > 6.5 degrees for power steering setups… When I went to do the passenger side, I trimmed the sleeve and when I re-mounted it – somehow the part got stripped, and stripped a bit of the bolt as well… UGH!

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I asked the forums what part # it was, hoping I didn’t have to buy a whole new UCA at $229. Fortunately you can get a replacement UCA sleeve for ~$25 online (see below)

I received the new part, and re-trimmed it with a hacksaw this time – much cleaner cut and re-threaded it. But I was only part-way done. I was ready to put it all back in place, BUT…

The forum experts told me that I had mounted the spindles on the wrong sides of the car, so I had to flip both sides to mount the brakes and steering setup properly. So I had to remove both spindles from the ball-joints, swap them, and then re-align the whole setup. From the online experts, 9 inches on the FRONT sleeve, and 7.35 inches on the REAR sleeve. This should give me about 8 degrees of caster to help tracking on the highway.

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Fortunately, all is good now – learned a few lessons and acquired more tools!