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KeithDigital
06-07-2009, 07:45 AM
http://www.frsport.com/images/detailed_images/CS_UCA-0013-HC_1.jpg

I ordered the complete suspension arm package (RUCA, Traction Arm, Toe Link) and this is the only arm that came with a bolt. And it only came with one bolt. Where does it go and why did a bolt come with this arm and not any other arm?

Thanks and for the record Circuit Sports products don't come with any instructions...

jserman
06-07-2009, 07:52 AM
it's prob just a replacement bolt for one of the stock ones.... you prob should have got 2..

KeithDigital
06-07-2009, 08:17 AM
I checked a few more RUCA's and they only come with one bolt for each arm, here is the S14 version (same thing)

http://www.meganracing.com/uploadImage/regular/Rear-up-camber-kit-S141.GIF

Master Chief
06-07-2009, 09:05 AM
Done this a long time ago, so i might be wrong, but if i remeber correctly, to OEM RUCA's have an excentric bolt for adjusting the Camber.
Since this is not needed, with these aftermarket RUCA's, you dont need, and shouldnt use the OE excentric bolt.
Hence the replacement bolt.

glitched
06-07-2009, 10:52 AM
no, it does not replace the eccentric bolt, it replaces the OEM bolt at the other end of the RUCA's because the OEM one is not long enough with the after market's thicker metal mounts.

KeithDigital
06-07-2009, 05:21 PM
glitched is right, I just finished the install today and that is the way I did it.

Shadowhunter
06-07-2009, 10:21 PM
no, it does not replace the eccentric bolt, it replaces the OEM bolt at the other end of the RUCA's because the OEM one is not long enough with the after market's thicker metal mounts.

Nail on the head.:goyou:

240sxaddict
06-07-2009, 10:59 PM
I wouldn't use those bolts. My friend just installed the one the OP posted and drove on them for a week or two and then got an alignment. The shop swapped the bolts because they almost wore through.