Issues With SPC Lower Control Arms

[HectorM52]

Okay guys,there`s no big issue here. The nails already been hit on the head. Howe ball joints are EXACTLY the same size as OE ball joints. Moog and other aftermarket ball joints are NOT. They know that the press fit in the stock sheetmetal arms is a poor one at best and that everytime the ball joints are replaced they get looser so they`re added either splines or waves to the body of their ball joints to make them oversized and fit work arms (that`s why Moog calls their Problem Solvers!). They`re assuming 99.99% of their ball joints will be going into worn out stock arms,and they`re right. Many (many!) times we`ve found even that isn`t enough and had to tack weld them in anyway. Years ago we made it our shop standard procedure on all of them. In any form of racing that allows press in ball joints you are required to weld them in for safety purposes. SPC has to make the arms to fit the available ball joints and they fit perfectly. If they made them OE size the oversized ball joints wouldn`t fit at all. When we change them for Howe OE size ball joints they can sometimes be a bit loose. Just tack them in place and you`re good to go. In use the weight of the car pulls UP on the lower ball joints so the only time they can pop out is with the car jacked up in th garage anyway.
I`ve talked to SPC about selling arms sans ball joints and we may be able to get them at some point but right now they`re working like crazy just to get the std. arms done and shipped and they`re not going to pull arms from the production line,add a new part number,allocate warehouse space etc. for a no ball joint arm at this time. Bottom line,there`s no problem it`s just like denting a set of headers for clearance or tweaking an out of the box Holley it`s just hotrodding. Mark SC&C

Thanks Marcus - I can't wait to get home and git-ur-dun!!!!