[leroy17]

Please school me on an idea that I have, however my technical knowledge on this is overshadowed by my thought for a solution.

My front suspension design has upper and lower A-arms. The lowers are now basically horizontal at ride height (have done adjustments due to significant lowering). However the upper ball joint is tall (where it mounts to the spindle) and places the upper A-arm in a 8ish degree upward angle at ride height.

So my thought was to replace the ball joint with a heim joint. This would basically place the upper A-arm on the same horizontal plane as the lower A-arm. Now I have achieved a lower A-arm angle and easier camber adjustment.

Obviously the taper in the spindle would be drilled for say a 3/4 bolt and all quality hardware used and the arm modified to accept the thread in heim joint.

Tell me the flaws in this solution which I presume may be on side load and shear strength.

Ball joint is a K6136.