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LeesTruk · 10-08-2018, 06:09 AM

Went to a show yesterday, and a fellow was looking in the engine bay. He turned to me and said "your alignment shims are laying under the control arms!" Sure enough, the control arm nuts had loosened, allowing the shims to slide out. After getting home and repairing the situation, I checked the search, and found this has happened to others, too. How common a problem is this, or should I have used new pinch nuts after I replaced the control arms?

10-08-2018, 06:09 AM	#1
LeesTruk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Manchester, CT Posts: 429	upper control arm nuts Went to a show yesterday, and a fellow was looking in the engine bay. He turned to me and said "your alignment shims are laying under the control arms!" Sure enough, the control arm nuts had loosened, allowing the shims to slide out. After getting home and repairing the situation, I checked the search, and found this has happened to others, too. How common a problem is this, or should I have used new pinch nuts after I replaced the control arms?