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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 08:39 PM
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So I started rebuilding my front end this week because I am off work, got it all a part and took the A-arms to a shop to have the new bushing put in. Well I noticed a lot of shims on the passenger side which kinda worried me, and then the shop tells me that one of the lower arms is bent,not the arm but the bar that attaches it to the frame. What is that bar called and where can I get it? Also my car is not suppose to have ever been wrecked is that problem common?
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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Not common, but it may have been a "Beer-Bump" that did the arm in...lol
I don't think new shafts are available, but salvage parts are everywhere..
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 08:59 PM
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If I am correct you are looking for a cross shaft and if this is the case they are available at VBP, Ecklers, Mid America etc...

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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 09:05 PM
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Great i will call one of them tom. are the lower and upper both called the same thing?
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Originally Posted by jac1502
Great i will call one of them tom. are the lower and upper both called the same thing?
Lower control arm shaft and upper control arm shaft. Two different parts.
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 09:14 PM
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I just found one for 60 bucks is that not high?"
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Old Jul 19, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jac1502
I just found one for 60 bucks is that not high?"
www.vbandp.com

$39.95

Part #: 42109
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