Upper control arm help

Cooper_G · Jul 30, 2018

Hows it going everyone. I picked up a 2wd 98 ranger recently, it has a 5.5 inch coil lift from the previous owner with stock upper control arms. As you could imagine my upper ball joints are getting pretty tweaked and im unable to get my camber to an acceptable level. I was wondering if there are any UCAs out there that will work without spending 5-600 bucks on fabtech etc... looking for an affordable fix. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks! -Cooper

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pjtoledo · Jul 30, 2018

do you still have stock steering knuckles/spindles?

if yes, there are some Ford parts that maybe could help.
the reason I say maybe is that when I put these parts on my 2005 coil truck it pushed the tops of the tires out almost an inch. way too far to fix with normal adjusting.

anyway, the spindles from a 2wd 2001 Sport Trac or 2004+ 2wd torsion Ranger will bolt right on.....BUT NEED the torsion bar upper control arm.
the ball joint is larger on the torsion system, you cannot mix and match the coil & torsion UCA and spindles. lower ball joints and tie rod ends are the same.

those spindles give you the larger 12" rotors so most factory 15" wheels will not clear the calipers. they need 16" or less backspace to fit.

are you near Toledo Ohio? I have a set of the spindles that you could borrow to test fit.

Cooper_G · Jul 30, 2018

Thank you ill give that a look. Definitely a more cost effective route. And no im in southern California, really appreciate that offer though.

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