Billet Upper Control Arms

Billet Upper Control Arms Installation/Adjustment Instructions

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Please read instructions before installation. Ensure that you understand where your parts are to be installed at.

  1. Using a properly rated jack, raise the front of the vehicle and support the frame rails with jack stands. Ensure the jack stands are secure and set properly before lowering the jack. NEVER WORK UNDER AN UNSUPPORTED VEHICLE. Remove front wheels.
  2. Using a jack, slightly lift the lower control arm to prevent the suspension from being at full droop.
  3. Disconnect the upper ball joint: remove the cotter pin securing the upper ball joint nut. Using a 19mm socket/wrench, loosen the nut to the end of the shank but do not remove entirely so that the nut protects the threads. Dislodge the taper by either using a ball joint separator or by striking the spindle on the outside of the taper with a large hammer or hand sledge.
  4. Support the spindle so that it does not over extend the CV joints when detached.
  5. Using a 10mm socket/wrench, disconnect the ABS line that is routed down the top of the arm. Remove the ball joint nut and disconnect the upper control arm from the spindle.
  6. Using a 19mm socket/wrench, remove the large upper control arm pivot bolt. This hardware will be reused, note direction and order of components. Remove the nut and washer from the rear side of the long pivot bolt. Carefully feed the bolt forward until it clears the front of the A-arm. Remove the stock upper control arm.
  7. Install the new billet upper control arm into the chassis: Torque to factory spec
  8. Pivot the ball Joint stem so that it is inline with the taper bore in the spindle. The new ball Joint will be very stiff the first time you move it.
  9. Rotate the upper control arm downward and install the stem through the spindle taper. Install the supplied flanged nut on the taper pin. [Torque to 75 ft-lbs]
  10. Using a 10mm socket/wrench, reattach the ABS line to the threaded hole in the arm with the factory bolt.
  11. Freedom Off-Road billet upper control arms utilize heim joints at each pivot to allow alignment using the adjusters on the upper control arms as well as cam adjusters on the lower control arms. The heims can be extended or contracted by turning the collar. Make sure that the slit in the collar lines up with the slit in the housing and then tighten the pinch bolts in an opposing pattern at least 3 times. [Torque to 35 ft-lbs]
  12. Install wheels and lower vehicle back to the ground. [Torque to factory spec]
  13. Have the vehicle professionally aligned.

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