So our lower control arms are very weak and the more capable my truck becomes the harder lines I tend to try and tackle on the the trail. So before I find myself stranded because of a bent lower trailing arm, I thought I would get these heavy duty ones installed.
They are made by Rokmen for an FJ Cruiser but fit our trucks with an added spacer of 3/8". These are the adjustable probseries. Best of all they are made here in Colorado US of A
I chose to just use one spacer on one side instead of two smaller spacers on each side. Now the spacers need to be used on each end of the control arm so the control arm lines up properly.
I was without spacers so I made some out of some scrap aluminum that I had laying around.
Here is a picture of the part number
Stock arm on a dirty truck
I sinched a strap around the axle towards the front to help keep the axle from moving. Only do one side at a time.
I cleaned up the stock bolts so I could reuse them. I put some grease on the bolt shafts just before install.
A liberal amount of anti-seize was used on the threaded section of the new control arm.
Side by side
Installed and emergency brake holder bolts right up
Here you can see the 3/8" spacers I made out of some aluminum I had. Not fancy but functional. You can see they are on each end of the trailing arm on the same side to keep things straight and running smooth.
And here we have it. Went for a test drive and everything feels just like it did before the upgrade so all is good.
Time for install was 2hrs and that included making my own spacers. Subtract 30min if you already have the 3/8" thick spacers.
Next will be adding armor to the trailing arm mounts on the frame and on the axle side.
They are made by Rokmen for an FJ Cruiser but fit our trucks with an added spacer of 3/8". These are the adjustable probseries. Best of all they are made here in Colorado US of A
I chose to just use one spacer on one side instead of two smaller spacers on each side. Now the spacers need to be used on each end of the control arm so the control arm lines up properly.
I was without spacers so I made some out of some scrap aluminum that I had laying around.
Here is a picture of the part number
Stock arm on a dirty truck
I sinched a strap around the axle towards the front to help keep the axle from moving. Only do one side at a time.
I cleaned up the stock bolts so I could reuse them. I put some grease on the bolt shafts just before install.
A liberal amount of anti-seize was used on the threaded section of the new control arm.
Side by side
Installed and emergency brake holder bolts right up
Here you can see the 3/8" spacers I made out of some aluminum I had. Not fancy but functional. You can see they are on each end of the trailing arm on the same side to keep things straight and running smooth.
And here we have it. Went for a test drive and everything feels just like it did before the upgrade so all is good.
Time for install was 2hrs and that included making my own spacers. Subtract 30min if you already have the 3/8" thick spacers.
Next will be adding armor to the trailing arm mounts on the frame and on the axle side.