Well, here’s one way....how did that happen?
I havent seen those studs...not sure if they are press fit, welded, or tapped....but anything is fixable, with time and money
Ford won’t sell you a single stud and you might not be able source one. You’ll likely need to buy the strut top mount assembly, get your hands on a good strut spring compressor and swap it out. PIA but not too bad.So Ford says you can’t replace just the stud you need to replace the upper mount which costs $92 and change. So I’ve got it on order even though I don’t see why you can’t replace a stud but then I’m no engineer. Just a simple delay
I’d be interested if I hadn’t ordered the part at 9:30 am and your would probably take the same amount of time to get to me but Thank You for offeringIs this what you are looking for. I still have my top caps from when I did my lift. DM ME if you are interested.
That may actually answer my question on the droop limiter . The whole assembly will come up for sure, but in no way you will have again the UCA in the flat to the ground position. What lift are you trying to achieve? Is it more than 2-2.5”?
notice in the second image how the sway bar link is on the lower control arm
Notice upper control arm position
I can possibly help assuming you have an sla like we all do hahaha. Dm me if you have any questions!First Thanks to all that have replied. So I did order a new top for the strut as I was a Ford trying to buy a stud only and was told I couldn’t so I ordered the part. My mistake I had the wrench set properly but couldn’t hear the click. I have throughly checked the torq wrench and it’s fine but I have the old needle style torq wrench as well and checked it against the other. I will be delayed 4-5 days and am out another $93 but oh well.
Secondly I reinstalled the other side since I had everything for it but now that it’s back together I got to say it looks kind of wonky. The position and geometry of the upper control arm is all the way in the down position. I assume that when it’s a complete job and the weight of the truck is on everything that perhaps it will come up some. If not I don’t think this will be good for the suspension.. hmmm any thoughts?
Is this what you are looking for. I still have my top caps from when I did my lift. DM ME if you are interested.