UUC FCABs...backwards?
I think I'm losing my mind.
What started as a simple front suspension job turned into replacing the steering rack, snapping a bolt off in the sub frame, and not being able to get my front CVs apart to replace the boots (its an iX).
After getting the new rack on the subframe, getting the subframe and rack in the car and the steering linkage all hooked up, I was finally back to installing my new UUC poly offset FCABs (I got them pre-pressed into the lollipop).
I think the red bushing piece was pressed into the lollipop backwards, as it has an indent where the black part that fits on the control arm is supposed to go, but when mounted to the car the indent is facing the back of the car and not the control arm.
It is tough to see, but here you can see that the wrong part of the bushing in the lollipop is facing forwards.
This is how it should go:
But here you can see that the lollipop is backwards and can't mount to the car.
In this picture you can see the lollipop and red bushing in the right orientation, but with no indentation for the shoulder on the black bushing that is on the control arm to go into.
Both lollipops are like this, though I just took photos of the drivers side.
Am I doing something wrong? It seems crazy that UUC would mess this up. Any help is appreciated.
What started as a simple front suspension job turned into replacing the steering rack, snapping a bolt off in the sub frame, and not being able to get my front CVs apart to replace the boots (its an iX).
After getting the new rack on the subframe, getting the subframe and rack in the car and the steering linkage all hooked up, I was finally back to installing my new UUC poly offset FCABs (I got them pre-pressed into the lollipop).
I think the red bushing piece was pressed into the lollipop backwards, as it has an indent where the black part that fits on the control arm is supposed to go, but when mounted to the car the indent is facing the back of the car and not the control arm.
It is tough to see, but here you can see that the wrong part of the bushing in the lollipop is facing forwards.
This is how it should go:
But here you can see that the lollipop is backwards and can't mount to the car.
In this picture you can see the lollipop and red bushing in the right orientation, but with no indentation for the shoulder on the black bushing that is on the control arm to go into.
Both lollipops are like this, though I just took photos of the drivers side.
Am I doing something wrong? It seems crazy that UUC would mess this up. Any help is appreciated.
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