Ajkaz

Mine move as well, they will not return to center as its not designed that way.
I do recommend that during tightening and adjustment you put a large open ended wrench on both sides of the joint, this will keep it square no matter how hard you torque it.

G.A.H

Yeah that is the right orientation the reason behind it as of what the guys at teraflex say it's to keep the shaft away from the elements which is the most important part of the shock and it makes it easier to reach for the knob and change the settings on the shocks

Rednroll

Many prefer to torque the jam nuts off of the rig.

Although not RK arms, here's the method I used to tighten my jam nuts using pretty common tools, a bench vise and a C-Clamp.
The bench vise keeps one end perfectly straight, and the bench top and C-Clamp keeps the other end perfectly straight while you torque down that nut.




RK shows a similar method but I have my doubts on how well this method actually works where a C-Clamp just seemed like a better method over the rod they have shown. There's lots of good video editing blurring and cut outs around that most important step of tightening that jam nut for some odd reason. As well, the rod is not a common off the shelf tool where a C-clamp is and most will tell you that tightening a jam nut while being able to use both arms instead of one is a lot more efficient.

caryt

IMO wrong, the body if you ever get into rocks will get hammered.
The 'elements" will not bother a quality shaft.
Ease of adjustment...thats not a good reason to put thebody down.

Could be that there isn't any room to mount the body up.

resharp001

They claim you can beat the shit out of those bodies....but I also suspect some of this is about branding. Can't see the pretty name if it's tucked up under the tub. I do think the whole adjustment aspect would be a bit more of a pain if up under the tub. I like to run bodies up as well, and have always been a bit curious about the manufactures that run body down.

G.A.H

well that's what they claim you can go and argue with them

caryt

Have no desire to argue with them or run their shocks.
Just telling you what will happen to the body's if you play on the rocks.

TheDirtman

That is a poor design. I am surprised people will even buy them.

G.A.H

i will let you know what will happen when i hit the rocks

ShutterBug

Yup. That's how I did mine. This was my setup for the LCAs and front UCA. The rear UCAs really didn't need to have the opposite end held down. Mine are the old design that has the bend and doesn't have the flats milled in. I thought about milling them in myself, but didn't have time.

I wedged the joints in the vise with some small pieces of angle iron. The other end is in a fixture I cut from some 1/4" steel and welded up. I also made this super long wrench extension to get the leverage I needed. Worked out great.