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**1971Stepside** · 10-09-2002, 03:10 PM

I knew everything was going too good. Last night I was putting my new lower control (A-Arms) together with the new shafts and I noticed my drivers side a arm was bent! The new shaft would not go in because the hole was pushed in. Ughh! Fresh powder coat and new ball joint and what to do. Well, I took it to a machine shop and they were able to bend it back to about 90% (the actually overcorrected it slightly) and I didn't loose any powder coating expcept for a couple small scratches on the underneath side.

Anyway, as I put the shaft in the threads are boogered up on the arm and the cap goes on, but it isn't perfect. Should I worry about this ever coming off? It is tight, but those threads are very wimpy to begin with.

If I do go with a new A-Arm I can get one off a 68. Will that lower a-arm be the same as the one on my 71???

10-09-2002, 03:10 PM	#1
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	Hit a snag on the re-assebly...help/opinion I knew everything was going too good. Last night I was putting my new lower control (A-Arms) together with the new shafts and I noticed my drivers side a arm was bent! The new shaft would not go in because the hole was pushed in. Ughh! Fresh powder coat and new ball joint and what to do. Well, I took it to a machine shop and they were able to bend it back to about 90% (the actually overcorrected it slightly) and I didn't loose any powder coating expcept for a couple small scratches on the underneath side. Anyway, as I put the shaft in the threads are boogered up on the arm and the cap goes on, but it isn't perfect. Should I worry about this ever coming off? It is tight, but those threads are very wimpy to begin with. If I do go with a new A-Arm I can get one off a 68. Will that lower a-arm be the same as the one on my 71??? __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."



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