A Body upper controll arm problem/question
I'd take a close look at the upper control arm could be bent.The ones I have seen wrecked usually bend the control arm as the frame mount is much stronger.
And the parts he took off the other disc brake car could be bent too,could be another reason the car was in the junk yard
I thought about that myself, Geo. I looked at the new A arm (it's still in the car so it's hard to tell) but it looked OK to me.
The front end on this thing is so full of grease I had to use a wire brush to get it to where I wouldn't be totally black from crud after working on it! LOL
I'm going to see what Curley's Racecars needs for a set of those arms. I'll probably split the cost with the guy. He's done a lot for me, not only at work but outside work as well. He's a really good dude, just doesn't have any spare coin. Doesn't drink or smoke, not a gambler or anything, just an older dude with big bills so I want to fix this thing as best I can for him. It doesn't have to be perfect, but just good enough to be safe. Right now there is NEG caster on the right side, and POS caster on the left side so the car pulls hard to the right when he drives it. He can live with the pull, but with the camber and caster off on that side, the tire goes to a wierd angle when turned in either direction, and I know it's going to go through tires if I don't fix it.
Hopefully that 3/8" or so Kyle spoke about will be enough to get us in the ballpark.
I told the old man this morning that I might be getting a replacement part for his car, but I didn't tell him what it was. He was pretty happy when I told him about it, and that I thought it would help his problem.
George