Qa1 UCA

[Cuda_at_last]

Hi, dumb question for the day, installing Qa1 UCA, pulled driver side off and Qa1 is stickered driver left, but bump stop is in rear, and seems ball joint would angle forward....qa1 seems to be stickered wrong and is the passenger side? Am I losing it?

Thanks!

 

[Ricks72Chlgr440]

Sure looks mismarked. Does the new QA1 arm marked for the other side look correct when you match it against the OE arm?

 

[Cuda_at_last]

Well, I was convinced they were mislabeled and installed the "passenger" labeled arm, see pics, it looks correct, but my first go with aftermarket UCA. Also, pic of the "driver" next to stock driver.. I am sure they are labeled wrong but also don't want to redo.

 

[Ricks72Chlgr440]

Your installation picture looks correct. The balljoint shaft should easily line up with the spindle hole.

 

[pschlosser]

When installed, the correct UCA points the upper ball joint straight down. When pulled and on the bench, the correct UCA seems to tilt the ball joint rearward. The image of the QA-1 UCA installed, I cannot tell if its passenger or driver side, but presuming the brake line extends from behind the front wheel, the installed pic looks like driver side, and it looks correct.

The first picture, showing the new QA-1 UCA mounted to the cardboard with the sticker reading "Driver Left" seems wrong to me. That QA-1 UCA looks like the passenger side. The upper ball joint should tilt in the same direction as the OEM UCA lying next to it.