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01 chevy control arm question

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tuckinlugs06   +1y
1st of bought a truck and the control arms seam to be fliped and swaped side ...why would this be done to stop the binding ...and 2nd do you offer any arms for these trucks

BioMax   +1y


I would assume that the arms were flipped to help the balljoint angle, but I don't have enough experience with that truck to know for sure. I don't have arms for anything, almost everything I build is one-off...  sorry.
IMLOWER   +1y

depending what spindles are on it early belltechs had you flip and swap the control arms
GMracer   +1y
if you flip the arms it puts the bal ljoint at a better angle and actually identical to the ART arms.
juicedwagon   +1y

let all get this straight, is the arm flipped in the knuckle also? what i mean is does the balljoint go up into the knuckle or down into it. as potter stated the early belltechs have you flip both so they both go up into the knucle and they really suck and give you bad bumpsteer. i just replaced some early belltechs in my truck with the mcgughys 16"+ spidles and they sem to be awesome, no more crazy bumpsteer, im sure its still there but not anything close to what it was.  if you got the cash and they are in fact the early belltechs i would replace them, i wish i did that on mine way earlier.  hope this helps
tuckinlugs06   +1y

yes the balljoint goes up into the spindle and they do not look like any drop spindles
juicedwagon   +1y

yeah thats the old belltech, if you got the extra money i would replace them with some that dont flip the arms, but thats my opinion but i had the same ones and enjoy drivin my truck more now that they have been replaced. good luck with the new truck man
GMracer   +1y
ahh. yea you don't want to flip the way they mount in the spindle just the arm itself
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