Ridetech Control Arm updates?

[jake72ss]

can,t wait to see them in Nashville, I might even take our chevelle out on the autocross track
Jake

[BBC71Nova]

I checked out the A-body version of these new arms at GG Nashville. These are nice looking parts .

Couple questions:

-It appeared the shafts were offset. Will the F-body versions also be offset?

-Are the bushings sized similar between the A-body and F-body versions? I ask because of limited space between control arm pivot and PS tank on my particular setup. The diameter of the A-body bearing sleeve was about 3/8" larger than my current arms. Unfortunately I don't think I have the 3/16" to spare . We'll see after I get the PS tank back from being modified.

For whatever reason I hadn't previously looked too much at the Musclebar. I got to check it out on the mockup there too. That thing is sweet.

[marolf101x]

The A-Body and first gen F-Body use the same cross shaft, Delrin bushings, and sleeves (only the arms change).
We designed the Delrin bushings to be a direct replacement for the poly units we used on our previous version A-Body arms (as well as a ton of other parts).

The cross shaft is designed with a 0.125" offset to help with alignment.

[Old66Tiger]

Brett, I have the new arms and out of the box, with your spindles, I end up with about 3 degrees of positive camber. I am looking at having to use 3/4" shim stack to get any sort of alignment out of this setup. Please advise. Thanks.

Originally Posted by bret

I haven't said much about the delrin bushing/caster slug cross shaft revisions yeat because I wanted to be ready to ship first. We'll be changing over the A body stuff first in a couple weeks with the early F body next around the end of May. C10 and G body come right after. I'll post images and text within a couple of weeks.

[GeoffP]

Ok so I'm a tad bit disappointed that I haven't owned my Strong Arms for 6 months and you guys are doing a complete redesign... I had hoped the cross shafts would at least be upgradable. I still love your products! Any chance in there being a trade in/trade up program? Are you guys redesigning the lower arms too? Will the TruTurn dimensions stay the same for the new arm or is it changing too?

[Old66Tiger]

Geoff,what car are your ridetech arms on? Just curious on some dimensions for a-body uppers. I have a butt load of positive camber and I know these are the redesign arms.

[GeoffP]

Mine are on my Camaro. They're a great product so I sure wasn't expecting the design change!

[instro84]

Originally Posted by bret

We will have the arms, cross shaft, delrin bushings [and Britt] on display at Nashville. The new system will be installed on our 66 Chevelle that will be running the autocross.

The delrin material we are using is self lubricating so there is no grease mess neccessary. We've run this material in Rodney's Suburban for the last 2 years to test durability...they've been quiet and no wear at all.

Because we've made the investment to injection mold the delrin versus machining it from solid stock, we've been able to incorporate some cool design and functionality features...AND with no extra cost to the customer.

BUT...before anyone asks...in most cases, they are not retrofitable to the previous style StrongArms. Doing that would have prevented incorporating several of the design and performance features. We chose to leapfrog ahead with a complete system instead of being tethered to the previous dimensions.

thats pretty cool and engineer on display. better out a do not feed the engineer sign.

[GeoffP]

Ok so I got a couple of my q's answered and thought I would share since they seem to be pertinent to this discussion. RideTech revised the upper and lower arms. They are designed to work specifically together to get even more positive caster. I haven't found out if the TruTurn is the same but I suspect it is. I'm also pretty sure there won't be any kind of a trade up. I figure if I ever get some surprise income I'll splurge and buy the new arms and sell the ones I have at a fair discount.

[Smoker03]

Any update on when the revised 1st gen f-body arms will be ready to ship?