2005ViperRam
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As you guys know I am in the process of replacing all the maintenance parts on the front end of my two 2005 trucks.
Items like, Upper Control Arms (UCA), wheel bearings, sway bar links,Inner and Outer tie rods, fresh powder coated with new bushings and ball joints Lower Control Arms (LCA), Coil Springs, Rebuilt calipers, etc…
Why do all of this? Well the black truck had a bad wheel bearing causing the ABS to always show a fault. Being 19 years old, I think it’s time to put some time and maintenance back into the truck. I also wanted to experience what needed to be done and the procedures on how I went about doing it, so when I do my silver truck it would go easier.
Per the silver truck, as you know that truck was lowered by someone in the past and I just don’t like it. So I want to restore it to the way it was originally. I had to order fresh power coated with new bushings and ball joints Lower Control Arms (LCA). All the other parts will be replaced too.
So here is the question…. What way do your nuts face? (Wifey you can tell me which way you have noticed from your past experience ~lol). I want to get both trucks as much as original as they left the factory and from both the service manual, and the parts manual, you can’t really tell how the nuts go on. On one of the attached pictures it looks like the nuts face the front of the truck on the Upper Control Arms (UCA).
On my black truck I have them facing each other (both face to the center of the control arm). On my silver one, one is facing the back, one facing the front. So what do your trucks show? I know it really doesn’t make a difference, but my OCD cannot deal with something that might be wrong.
Same thing with the lower control arms, which way do those nuts face? The attached picture show one facing the back of the truck, but it doesn’t show the other part of that same arm. So do both sides face the back?
Items like, Upper Control Arms (UCA), wheel bearings, sway bar links,Inner and Outer tie rods, fresh powder coated with new bushings and ball joints Lower Control Arms (LCA), Coil Springs, Rebuilt calipers, etc…
Why do all of this? Well the black truck had a bad wheel bearing causing the ABS to always show a fault. Being 19 years old, I think it’s time to put some time and maintenance back into the truck. I also wanted to experience what needed to be done and the procedures on how I went about doing it, so when I do my silver truck it would go easier.
Per the silver truck, as you know that truck was lowered by someone in the past and I just don’t like it. So I want to restore it to the way it was originally. I had to order fresh power coated with new bushings and ball joints Lower Control Arms (LCA). All the other parts will be replaced too.
So here is the question…. What way do your nuts face? (Wifey you can tell me which way you have noticed from your past experience ~lol). I want to get both trucks as much as original as they left the factory and from both the service manual, and the parts manual, you can’t really tell how the nuts go on. On one of the attached pictures it looks like the nuts face the front of the truck on the Upper Control Arms (UCA).
On my black truck I have them facing each other (both face to the center of the control arm). On my silver one, one is facing the back, one facing the front. So what do your trucks show? I know it really doesn’t make a difference, but my OCD cannot deal with something that might be wrong.
Same thing with the lower control arms, which way do those nuts face? The attached picture show one facing the back of the truck, but it doesn’t show the other part of that same arm. So do both sides face the back?
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