1964 C10 build

[Sickfast1964]

Originally Posted by Shady Rascal

I didn't want to be a dick and mention it when you posted that picture on the first page. Roll the upper shafts 180 degrees and put the convex square shim inside. The nut should go directly against the flat side of the shaft.

Also, your upper ball joint bolts are installed wrong. The bolt head goes on the underside and the nut goes on top. The reason why is when you fully grease the balljoints, the boots will swell and tend to rub on the sharp threads of the bolt sticking out of the nut if you install them the way you have. That's also why the bolts have lo-profile heads rather than normal tall heads. Most manufacturers of ball joints put a little instruction sheet in the box (which no one reads) that explains this.

Correct on the upper arms. And I had never heard that before on the ball joinfs. Thanks for the information. I will address this asap.