Posted by Gypsy Jim (IP: 24.4.252.68) on September 05, 1999 at 17:37:14:
In Reply to: Lower Control Arm Angle posted by Bob Hatcher on September 05, 1999 at 13:11:48:
Just looked under the car. I have the six cylinder springs in it with a 302. The car sits a little lower than stock in the front. The outer end of my lower control arms (ball joint end) sits about 1-1.5 inches lower than the inboard side.
When you reinstalled the springs, are you sure you sat them in correctly? They need to be rotated so that the end of the spring seats on the upper control arm.
I'm just finishing up a 70 Maverick--10 year project. It is using a 351
: Cleveland. I changed the front springs years ago from the original 6 cylinder
: ones to 1971 coils listed for a car with a 302 with air. My question is
: at what degree should the lower control arms sit in relation to level?
: My lowers are angled down quite a bit towards the lower ball joints
: causing my tie rods to interfer with my headers. I don't recall what the
: original lowers were angled at. Can anyone help?