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Originally Posted by J P Stein View Post
I have a problem with increasing the length of the A-arm......tho it will indeed improve the scrub radius. My Bilstein shock inserts showed serious wear where the rod passes thru the shock body.....took off the chrome & got into the base metal for an area nearly an inch long on the outer side. This is with a stock A-arm. Increasing the angle of the strut would only exacerbate this, I figure.
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I'm not 100%, but I think the extended A arm will REDUCE the side load on the strut. I think the most load comes from a long 'wheel centre to spindle join on strut'. Reducing this by lengthening the arm and then removing spacers ( or changing wheel offset ) will reduce the side load on the strut.

I could be wrong..
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