Long Travel BS Thread

I don’t believe they are directional on this kit

 

arms are always directional

 

Well I know the lowers are but when he built the kit for me I saw these uninstalled and they looked exactly the same . He said he designed the upper to utilize every bit of travel with the stock spindle

 

definitely the arms are upside down.

 

Thanks for the pic man . I figured I couldn’t be the only one . I know it’s a bad picture but if you look at blackdogs here right after installing his kit the angle on his uniball is pretty gnarly too

 

fresh install? Mine has since settled to be more flat now. Pic was from a week after install.

 

Yeah just this Saturday . Also still need an alignment

 

i cant speak on that kit and the arms, but it will settle some and flatten out after some miles.

 

I don't think you are grasping what some of these guys are saying, the downward angle of your arms is not an issue, the problem is that crazy angle your uniball cup is in. Your UCA's really do look upside down, look at the angle of the uniball cup vs the angle of the arms, even with your UCA at full droop your uniball cup should not be pointed down like that and the only way that happens is if you install them upside down :

 

Thanks i appreciate the input !

 

That makes it a lot more understandable. Thank you I better go check them

 

Not really.

 

For those running DMZ SUA kit where have you taken your driveshaft to? In SoCal

 

Anyone know of any good alignment shops in the Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula area?

 

https://precisionalignment.weebly.com/services.html

 

Thank you everyone who commented . It’s nice to know there are people here to help . So I talked to others who have the kit and also the shop who built it . The springs need to settle . That upper arm is designed to stop travel when the suspension can’t cycle anymore if they change the angle of that Cup it would cause the tie rod to bind so even though it looks like the cup is angled downward it is right where it needs to be for this specific kit

 

Ummm thats not how its supposed to work lol. That is how spindles break. The upper bolt on the spindle is not designed for that and will break and/or bend. Pictures of other members that have had this same issue will be coming soon lol. That is what a limit strap is for

 

Even if that cup is right your UCA uniball cup should never be serving as your limiting device, you will bend and/or break the bolt and destroy the misalignment spacer. If you need to limit your droop travel then you limits straps.

Can you post a photo taken from the front of truck / front of the UCA so we can see the angle of that uniball cup in relation to the angle of the arms ?

 

Yeah something like this