SteveF, botiemad, did a lot of repairs to these lower A-arms. There has been a ton of discussion on this several years ago.
IIRC bottom line is 72-73 lower arms are not suitable for rebuild/reinforcement. JimK's rebuilt lower A-arms are $935 plus $300 core charge. '73
style lower A-arms are not accepted for cores.
Two sets of postings to the photo archive from botiemad.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5058-lower-control-arm-reinforcements.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5018-oddball-page2.html. (See page 2 for control arms)
On my early '74, w/ '73 style arms, I rebuilt per SteveF's information and correspondence.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5459-front-suspension-rebuild.html
I will be interested to see what Matt's writeup has to say.
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Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
IIRC bottom line is 72-73 lower arms are not suitable for rebuild/reinforcement. JimK's rebuilt lower A-arms are $935 plus $300 core charge. '73
style lower A-arms are not accepted for cores.
Two sets of postings to the photo archive from botiemad.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5058-lower-control-arm-reinforcements.html
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5018-oddball-page2.html. (See page 2 for control arms)
On my early '74, w/ '73 style arms, I rebuilt per SteveF's information and correspondence.
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/g5459-front-suspension-rebuild.html
I will be interested to see what Matt's writeup has to say.
--
Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI
