I started out just replacing the bushings and ball joints on my 67, but the upper arms are really nasty with lots of rust and pitting. I just ordered new arms from LIC. Their price was significantly less that the other major suppliers. I am always concerned with quality and correctness when there is a big price difference, e.g. $120 each from LIC versus $165 to $180 from other major suppliers.

These are bare A-Arms, no ball joints or shaft.

Anyone here used the repro A-Arms from LIC? If so, any issues?

Thanks,

Don

 

I have not used arms from LICS. But generally if your concern is quality and correctness , nothing beats original GM parts.
Boyan

 

Are yours bent or cracked. If not send those back and get your redone. A very simple task If you really want to find any a-arms from a 64-82 car that has good ball joints and replace the bushings and repaint them and put them on your car.

 

First one of the advertisers in the Corvette Mags for years has decent prices on original stuff. The ad shows parts by year and arms are always listed.

But resisting the urge to suggest welding and gusseting and such. Sometime the sleeves can be left in and the rubber or such drilled out, burned out. Then if you are a poly guy and I am not, then you can grease those up and in they go.

I would consider pressing arm bushing sleeves as a little outside of the capability of most enthusiasts and primarily just because of the equipment (press with spacers to support them, so you don't bend them up! Thus any local machine shop, can usually press things in, just check their capability first. It doesn't have to be a Corvette expert! Normally I wouldn't even tell them that they are Corvette parts. For all they know, you handed them Impala parts or Caprice parts. Just don't hand them new parts with the Corvette name all over them either!

I have a 1965 El Camino from reproduction parts that is now made in China! I was Ok with the El Camino getting repops, because of the condition in which I acquired it and the amount of stuff that I needed. It will be a brand new car, just a lot of Chinese trim pieces and Mirrors and stuff! (Year One, Goodguys, etc. etc. stuff). For the Corvettes, I am going to continue to buy original for as long as possible.

My opinion is that good solid balljoints are a must and should be replaced more frequently than most think!

 

I would love to have GM/OEM replacement A-Arms. Love to have NOS. But, the only ones I see are on Ebay and they need work. I don't have any junk yards within 100 miles that I have found that have 60's vintage cars.

I'm trying to get my front suspension back together so that I can enjoy my 67 roadster in the nice spring weather. So, I don't want to spend a any longer than I need to. I've already blasted and painted the knuckles and brake dust shield and the A-Arm shafts.

So, I'm stuck with replacement A-Arms. I have bushings and ball joints, and I have a 20 ton press. I just need to fabricate a tool to keep the A-Arms spread while pressing in the new bushings.

So, still looking for anyone who has used LIC A-Arms. I've never heard of LIC selling anything but good products.

Don

 

Give a call to Danny or Artie at Van Steel. I was there in Feb. and I remember seeing a stack of A arms in one corner of the shop. I know they rerivet ball joints to the arms like the factory did. They may have what you need. Jerry

 

Google David Sokolowski in CA....he has piles if original A arms.

 

If you want a east cost rebuilder call bares in Erie pa