yfz 450 front end swap on a banshee

[kpennepacker]

I started to do my front end swap and I have the lower ones bolted and the upper ball joints don't line up with the lowers. The uppers set back a little. Are they suppose to be in line top to bottom. Could i see some pics from the side, to make sure i have the a arms in the right postion. I've tried the a arms back and forth and I'm a little stumped. Any pics would help greatly. I would really like to see pics from the side without the tires on, to see placement of the a arms.

[decon]

did you just bolt the bottom one's straight on? the upper a-arms bolt straight on but the lowers need modification to fit properly.

[kpennepacker]

I cut the mounts on the frame. It's a j arm banshee. I just have the one front upper mount. It just looks off to me.

[Overboost]

post pix when yer done, i want to do this to mine and it is a J arm, just dont know how it will come out

[decon]

did you do the j-arm to a-arm conversion?

[kpennepacker]

I'm doing it now. I just wanted to double check where things go before I weld it solid.

Edited July 3, 2009 by kpennepacker

[Building my First]

I just got mine in and dry fitted them yesterday. You will need spacers of some sort on the lower arms, just slip it into place see if your shock lines up. You will see the upper arms will angle toward the back and there is not much clearance at all between the arm and shock, with the 450 shock.

 

The ball joints won't be perfect, I think they're not perfect stock either. If your weling the upper mounts dry fit everything and seeif the balljoints will work good if you move the upper back another 1/4 for shock clearance.

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