glram04
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- Joined
- Apr 9, 2013
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- Ram Year
- 2004
- Engine
- hemi 5.7
Recently offroading I snapped my spindle in half and busted lower control arm by the ball joint among other things and am wanting to get it stronger then before. I have a 2004 ram 1500 with BDS non torsion drop lift kit. I have two questions regarding control arms between generations.
With my upper it is making it hard to get proper castor/camber with my torsion bar up as it is, besides which my cv axle is still at a good angle. The question is as I can't find any upgrades besides lowering upper control arms for my year are the upper control arms a different length or dimensions between 02-05 and 09? the bolt sizes and ball joint size look the same so I don't see why not and if 09 I can get a tubular upper with uniball style ball joint.
Second is to do with my lower control arm are the dimensions of the lower different between my year and a 09 ram 1500 because they seem significantly stronger. Because I have a non torsion drop lift I don't need the spot for my torsion bar as it goes into a bracket that bolts ontop of the lower control arm and a shock bracket is easy to attach. The sway bar link is roughly in the same spot as well.
Down the road look at having a custom spindle made. I'm not interested in a straight axle swap.
With my upper it is making it hard to get proper castor/camber with my torsion bar up as it is, besides which my cv axle is still at a good angle. The question is as I can't find any upgrades besides lowering upper control arms for my year are the upper control arms a different length or dimensions between 02-05 and 09? the bolt sizes and ball joint size look the same so I don't see why not and if 09 I can get a tubular upper with uniball style ball joint.
Second is to do with my lower control arm are the dimensions of the lower different between my year and a 09 ram 1500 because they seem significantly stronger. Because I have a non torsion drop lift I don't need the spot for my torsion bar as it goes into a bracket that bolts ontop of the lower control arm and a shock bracket is easy to attach. The sway bar link is roughly in the same spot as well.
Down the road look at having a custom spindle made. I'm not interested in a straight axle swap.