LCA wear and tolorence
I've added stiffening plates to a few sets of LCA's now. On all the one's I've done it's fixed the excessive play.
I've taken it a bit further on mine as well. The stiffening plate definitely helps, but the reason why the play gets to be excessive is the ends of the LCA spreading apart. I weld a strap across the ends as well so the ends can't move at all. Like this (no the poly bushing was not in there when I was welding!)
You do have to make sure you weld the strap somewhere that it won't interfere with anything as the LCA and suspension moves! Here's another angle showing where it is. It basically needs to be on the end of the LCA, away from the lever arm for the adjusters. You can also see that I gusset the K frames as well.
I've added stiffening plates to a few sets of LCA's now. On all the one's I've done it's fixed the excessive play.
I've taken it a bit further on mine as well. The stiffening plate definitely helps, but the reason why the play gets to be excessive is the ends of the LCA spreading apart. I weld a strap across the ends as well so the ends can't move at all. Like this (no the poly bushing was not in there when I was welding!)
You do have to make sure you weld the strap somewhere that it won't interfere with anything as the LCA and suspension moves! Here's another angle showing where it is. It basically needs to be on the end of the LCA, away from the lever arm for the adjusters. You can also see that I gusset the K frames as well.
