Rear spring bar and front control arm madness

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82CRUISER

82CRUISER

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can some please explain to me why the previous owner would do this crazy Frankenstein crap? There is a weird bar attached to both spring hangers. The control arms have this steel plate welded across the surface.

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Looks like air shocks under there? Maybe his attempt as trying to keep the car from wallowing all over? The control arms different side to side? The one side looks extended. Is the top of the frame rail rolled in at the control arm mounts?
 
Probably the rear shackles are so long that the car leaned over like a drunkard going around the corner, and That was an attempt to fix that. Can't quite make out the control arm, but did they make it longer to get more camber or something?
 
Not sure if they were extended. Could someone measure their unmolested control arms for me?
 
What your measurements ramrod? I got just about 11 from zerk to fwd mount bolt
 
That rear connection seems a little desperate. I can't figure the hacked upper, either. Lengthening it would only cause positive camber, which you don't want. Maybe it was cut at an angle to create positive caster, which can be hard to get beyond 2 or 3 degrees. There is a trick to drop the car by cutting and splicing the lower arm, but the upper wouldn't do it.
 
Actually the rear spring tie in is based on a good idea. First time I saw this was on '70's IHC Scout front axle. It reduces wander on the front end, by stopping the shackles from "laying over" and on some front steering, this effectively "steers" the front axle. On my old Landcruiser, I replaced the inboard plate of the front shackle and drilled a leaf spring and attached between the two. It made a TREMENDOUS difference in road handling

Below are not mine.........Picchurs I stole off the www

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I can't thank you guys enough. I figured thats what it was for. Just was wondering if someone has seen it. The control arm thing idk. Unless I get one and have them side by side I won't know. I was hinting myself on an idea that the old owner was a cheap sob and hacked the arm for a disc swap instead of removing the arm
 
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I'm closer to 9 1/2. It's hard to get an exact measurement holding a tape measure and a phone and hitting the button while laying at that angle.
 
Great pic man!!! I appreciate it. Is that a 72 with discs?
 
Hopefully this explains my front end wobble at 65mph. I am getting pics now
 
I agree. I was talking about the front control arms. I'm not that dumb
 
I'm guessing the guy who converted the front from drums to discs did that weld job instead of changing out the control arms. '73 and newer uses a larger ball joint.
 
Do you know the difference in size for the ball joint?
 
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