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Old 02-07-2011 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by GreggW
So the one you received today looks like the one above?

That doesn't look like the picture on Tower's site for the "short" horn:


And Gregg, I feel your frustration. The custom face plates that were shipped on the 27th still aren't here. They were delayed due to the crazy weather last week. They were out for delivery this morning, but now the tracking number shows another exception. I wonder what the problem is now...

This weekend, I pressed a few bushings out of my spare lower control arms to install my backup set of spherical bearings. As fate would have it, some of the bearings were the wrong size. Ugh. Contact the vendor today, he sends me drawings and asks me to confirm. Not only do the bearings I have differ from the drawings, but they aren't even the same dimensions as the stock bushings! ARG!! These bearings aren't cheap either; not cheap by any means. So now it looks like I'm going to go order another full set of lower control arms and just use the stock rubber bushings for now until I can get this bearing issue sorted. I'd replace the bearings in my current control arms, but they were custom made and the bearing adapter shells are spot and tack welded into the control arms. I'm thinking I'm going to have to grind the welds, press the bearings out and replace them. This off-the-shelf bearing kit doesn't look like it'll work as nicely as this custom setup I have. ugh...
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