front control arm question
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Car: 86 Z28
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Axle/Gears: 3.73 S60
front control arm question
When removing the old control arm bushings I accidentally cut too far and got into the control arm a bit. My question is at what point is the control arm trashed and need to be replaced? Is there a way to fix it?
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Re: front control arm question
i'd junk them and get different ones.. you destroyed the tension on the interference fit that holds things in place, and i wouldn't want to weld on it there any potentially weaken it more.
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Re: front control arm question
I agree wouldn't want to risk it. I mean may hold but if it fails losing a control arm at speed wouldn't be fun.
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Re: front control arm question
They're SOOOOOOOOPER common; must fit some other chassis, like S trucks or something. Whatever it is, whenever I've wanted a pair, the junkyard already has a stack of pairs of em pulled and sitting on the shelf, and they're CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP. So cheeeeep in fact, that it's better to buy a set and swap new BJs and bushings into em BEFORE tearing down the car, so the actual R&R takes less time and has no risk
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Car: 86 Z28
Engine: '06 LQ4
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Axle/Gears: 3.73 S60
I just don't want to go through the trouble of pressing in the bushings again, shops around me want $200 to do it. For the money I'm thinking I can just get the tubular control arms and be done with it.
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