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Nov 14, 2009 | 11:56 PM

Setty7

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Upper control arms

This may be a dumb question. But does a stock 98 f-150 2wd come with upper control arms?

Nov 15, 2009 | 08:07 AM

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Yes it does unless you bought it without a front suspension.

Nov 15, 2009 | 09:03 AM

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if you get a picture of how a font suspension works, there has to be a pivot point for the knuckle (the thing holding the wheel spindle or shaft). The knuckle pivots left to right to steer and moves up and down when you hit a bump. ALL trucks and cars had upper and lower A frames to do this for the first 80 years. No a days, some smaller vehicles have a design called McPhearson Strut that is somewhat different and eliminates the upper frame. Im not sure any trcuks have that system. All F150 have a frames.

Nov 15, 2009 | 01:54 PM

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ok i want to put a leveling kit on my truck to level the front out with tthe back. WOuld I need them still?

Nov 15, 2009 | 02:06 PM

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yes, you need the upper A- frames. You need to have a better idea of how things are made. look at the attached photo of a 2 wheel drive suspension. There is an "A" frame at the top and bottom of the assembly. Normally to lift a 2 wheel drive front end you need a stronger coil spring or air type shock to push up more.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...suspension.jpg

Nov 15, 2009 | 02:53 PM

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I have aftermarket shocks

Nov 15, 2009 | 06:30 PM

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Typical leveling kits are nothing but a hockey puck type disk that sets on top of your springs to bring the front of the truck up. I dont think the control arms or anything else needs to be changed to do this.

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Okay, I see that if you are going 2.5" or more up, you will need new control arms.