I installed mine the opposite direction. The right hand side bracket is open on the back side and it seems like the left hand side bracket has plenty of room.
If you end up adjusting the collar, I would squirt some WD40 on the threads to make it easier to turn. You don't need to use a ton, just a small amount on the threads above/below.
I ended up going with the Icon's based on ram1500rsm recommendations. I had Zone control arms before and the Icon's feel more planted, but that's just my butt dyno telling me that. No regrets with the Icon's so far except for I wish I would have just gone with them first instead of switching...
Just wanted to revisit this and say the Valvoline worked like a charm. I disassembled the frame bushings and wiped all the old grease out and recoated with Valvoline plus I pumped some through the bushings and they are very quiet now.
I have no experience with these but there's also:
Dirt King: https://dirtkingfabrication.com/collections/ram-1500/products/heim-upper-control-arms-dk-541903
Carli: https://carlisuspension.com/product/dodge/ram-1500/components-ram-1500/2009-18-components/ram-1500-upper-control-arm-2009/
Oh, I didn't realize you were using the Valvoline for your bushings too. I have some of that for the delta joints. I could have figured that out based on the photo of the grease, haha.
I used the super lube, but I picked up some Lucas red n tacky yesterday and I'm going to give that a try. I've also had a hard time getting grease to come out both sides of the bushings.
So, greasing the bushing helped for about a week, but the bushings returned to being incredibly noisy. Any thoughts? Should I remove and reinstall and try to grease them better? The noise is definitely from the bushing.
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