Upper Control Arm Reinstall
 

Hey all, it's been a long time since I really set about to wrenching on the car, and I recently had to replace the upper and lower control arms (brush with death, just took out the ball joints on the Pax side).

I got everything installed, replaced those camber bolts from Hell on the LCA, used the opportunity to replace my sway bar end link too. All seems to be going back together fine except I'm having a helluva hard time getting the new (OEM) UCA back in. It's like it's a cm too close together on the attachment points.

I did this same job a couple years ago and seem to have figured it out on my own, but I have no recollection of how I did it. If anyone has any protips I'd be most appreciative.

It shouldn't be a cm, but it is a tight-ish fit

You might need to knock the tabs apart *some*, then it will tighten back in place when the bolts are fully torqued. I never had to do that though. So it might be best to double-check and make sure you have the correct parts.

Also, please ask questions like this in the Tech forum area. This area is for posting DIY tutorial threads only ; not star threads asking about a possible problem or requesting advice.
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Thanks Team! Sorry for the mis-post!

Edit- just in case someone has this issue in the future, that did the trick. Some taps with a 1lb hammer on the anchor points to widen them a bit, and then some liberal thwack to adjust the bushings into place.