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Magnum force upper control arms

dan juhasz

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Has anyone every installed a set of magnum force adjustable tubular upper control arms? I cant seem to keep the alignment where I set it. If I hit some bumps or take a sharp turn the arm shifts and I loose the steering wheel center to make me aware it happened again. I have tightened the eccentrics more than enough but it won't hold. They use little tiny smooth billet spacers on each side of the heim joints to fill the space of the factory bushings. the factory bushings have raised serrations that bite into the slots when tightened. The billet spacers have a much smaller contact area and its smooth, they just won't hold. I sent an email to magnum force and I'm waiting for their response. I just wonder if anyone else has dealt with this. If they say they don't know what I'm talking about I'm going to go with Moog offset bushings to gain the positive caster I'm after and just re install the stock upper arms. Very discouraging.

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Installed them on a 73 Cuda. Never had a problem with that car. I for one think Ma Mopar's upper a arms are plenty good. Only once did I ever have one move and that is when I torqued the cam bolts to factory spec. After that I tighten as tight as I can get them.
 
Moral of the story. Best not to make multiple modifications to your car at the same time. Can make diagnosing a problem much more difficult.
I installed the upper arms, Borgeson power steering and Leed Brakes power disc conversion. Long story short, Leed gave me the booster master cylinder assembly with the internal pushrod either never adjusted or adjusted but left the lock nut loose. As the system got up to temp it began to drag the brakes, for whatever reason it made the wheel off center to the right. I noticed the wheel was straight for the first couple of miles and then the brake situation was getting worse on each test drive until it made itself obvious.
Lesson learned
 
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