My Ride Tech lower Strong arms are too narrow!

['71cutlasluvr]

Hello Britt,



As mentioned previously in this post, the H arms have a firm rubber bushing I believe.

However, If you look at the pic showing the gross misalignment of the second bolt hole with the front bolt inserted, it's clear that it's not a bushing problem. The problem is the frame pocket hole is not aligned with the SA bushing hole, preventing me from inserting the second bolt. If the SA was dimensionally correct, the second SA hole would line up with the frame pocket hole. It does not. This shows an inherent error in the SA. Again, the stock and Hotchkiss arm still fits without issue, even with the bending/stretching/twisting I had to do to just get the SA into the pocket.

btw: As mentioned earlier in this thread, The initial problem was the SA's are a full 3/16" narrower than the stock or hotchkiss a-arms. Had hoped the mini jack screw would solve the problem, and it did, for the most part, on the drivers side, but the passenger side is beyond hope without major frame alterations, which I cannot and will not do.

Sorry to be so negative Britt, but this whole installation has been far more difficult than it should have been considering it's supposed to be a "bolt in" kit. I've wasted days researching why the kit isn't going in like a true bolt in kit should and have spent additional $ on a tool I'll probably never use again in an effort to make this system work. Others have had similar issues, but they were able to bend and pry their way into a usable scenario. I was not. I know there are some differences between these 45 year old frames since quality control wasn't that great in the day, but the variation is too extreme in this case and the strong arms are just too far out from stock dimensions without additional modifications. I see no options available to make this system usable with my stock Olds Cutlass hardtop frame so I will need to return all components. Unless you have a miracle fix that doesn't require any more bending, twisting, tweaking or frame mods involving cutting, drilling and/or welding, I'm basically sol and way out of patience.

Thanks for reaching out though.

Gus