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Mine have not spit any set screws, but they have rattled from time to time when the screws backed off. I think I'll give them the weld treatment the next time the subframe is off - or if the screws go AWOL.

 

Nathan, I had a similar problem as you and Mike.... shortly after I installed them they started rattling like crazy. One weekend I was under the car trying to tighten them back up and got pissed and dropped the sub frame and welded them in place at both the end and the base. Then just for good measure, I reinstalled the set screws and have not had any issue since.

When I first installed them, I was skeptical that 6 tiny set screws were going to hold the sleeve in place.... I wasn't super happy to find out that I was correct.... come to think of it, I have not been super happy with the fit of most of the Alta parts....

 

Maybe, I would imagine that there is quite a bit of force placed on the end of the control are where the bushing is. By the time I made the decision to drop the sub frame, I was so "displeased" with having to mess with it I didn't care how permanent it was. I just wanted the RATTLING TO STOP.

 

If you tack weld the end, can't you just grind it off?

Mine was welded at the time of install. Our club has some very good mechanics and shops available to us and he won't install one w/o having the ends welded. And none of the many he has installed ever rattled.

 

I'll say it again, you buy Alta, it's your falta

 

i weld each one we install.

 

At least it's not M7..........:lol:

 

I havent lost any set screws yet and i have driven on them for 10 months. I have just now developed the dreaded rattle. Anyway, this may be a dumb question, but i want to get in there and weld them, but what exactly am i needing to weld? does anyone have any other pics?

 

I don't have any pics, but what you are welding is the bushing sleeve that goes over the end of the control arm. I believe it is aluminum. I had a weld put at the base of the sleeve where it hits the control arm, and then another one along the end. After that, I also used the set screws, but the weld is the main thing that is holding it in place.

 

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+1 on this!

 

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As a welder my self...if you are welding them correctly.. IE NOT spot welding. They will not break... since these have been tested in MI for more than a year welded.. and not broke. I think we're good. But yes they have to be done correctly.

 

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