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11-18-2009, 12:53 AM
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Rear Control arms?
I am replacing my ebrake cables and noticed the bushings on the rear control arms are dry rotted and cracked. Will I see any real difference in ride or handling by replacing these?
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1966 Chevy C10 Longbed I'm Bob....ol Curt was my Grandpa The truck was his and he sure as heck wouldn't understand why I took a perfectly good truck and tore it down! 
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11-18-2009, 11:40 AM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
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 Change your wheel bearings instead.
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11-18-2009, 01:45 PM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
Getting the old stuff out & adding new poly bushings help eliminate some slop when transitioning into & out of corners. Definitely worth doing.
The poly bushings re-use the original shell so you just remove the rotted rubber. Pressing in new rubber bushings requires removing & replacing the entire bushing w/shell.
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11-18-2009, 04:06 PM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
I took a torch and burned mine out in about 5 minutes.
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11-19-2009, 09:00 AM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
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11-19-2009, 11:27 AM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
That would probably smell worse than pumpkin pie
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1966 Chevy C10 Longbed I'm Bob....ol Curt was my Grandpa The truck was his and he sure as heck wouldn't understand why I took a perfectly good truck and tore it down!
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11-19-2009, 11:32 AM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
that is a cool pic Bob, what Texas book is that.
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11-19-2009, 12:21 PM
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Re: Rear Control arms?
Not sure what book. It was in an email forwarded to me.
Didn't even pay attention to that part, although I can see why it might have caught your eye. No offense intended
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