Ridetech 11223699 User Manual
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1. On some cars, to remove the upper 
control arm you must remove the bolts, 
which are pressed into the frame. We 
made this slide hammer adapter (a nut 
with a piece of angle iron welded to it) 
to aid in removing the bolts. 
 
2. Fasten the upper arm to the frame 
using the factory hardware. Reinstall 
the current alignment shims, but 
vehicle must be realigned. This arm 
was designed with an extra 2 degrees 
of positive caster with the centered 
caster slugs. Additional caster slugs 
are available if more or less caster is 
desired. By changing the caster slugs 
you can achieve the caster setting you 
are wanting without having to run a lot 
of shims. Caster is explained of the 
next page.  
 
3. Drop ball joint down through upper 
arm. Slide ball joint boot over stud, 
then place boot retainer over the boot. 
Clamp assembly tight w/ the hardware 
supplied. 
 
4. Fasten the ball joint to the spindle 
w/ the new castle nut and cotter pin 
supplied. 
 
5. Tighten the cross shaft nuts enough 
to create drag on the delrin bushings, 
the arm should still move. 
 
6. Lubricate the ball joint w/ standard 
grease. 
 
 
