1966 Ninety-Eight lower control arm bushing #s requested
#1
1966 Ninety-Eight lower control arm bushing #s requested
Good evening to the forum. I have finally got the lower control arms off of our 1966 Olds Ninety-Eight, the upper ones already done and placed upon the car once again. I am losing my faith in part numbers listed for various items on the car, it looks like I got lower control arm bushings for an A-Body instead of this model. One bushing looks like it will fit, but the other is way too small! Can our gurus here please give me a correct MOOG or whatever number so this project can continue once the cleaning and painting of the parts is done. BTW, the sway bar bushings are too small, but if I remember correctly Joe Pavadano said a set from a 1971 full-sized Olds can be used, Joe can you please confirm or refute this? Thanking all in advance, regards, Howie.
The left lower control arm rear bushing, spoiled by
The lumps of good old American thick steel awaiting some freshening up!
The left lower control arm rear bushing, spoiled by
The lumps of good old American thick steel awaiting some freshening up!
#2
I guess you know that there are two different size bushings used in that control arm .
The bushing at the front of the arm is listed as #K5144 and the rear is #K5161 ,according to Moog's websight :
http://www.moogparts.com/find-my-par...~Oldsmobile~98
If you were looking at Rock Auto's websight , it's understandable that you're confused .
Be assured that if you order a pair of each of these numbers , you will have all the bushings you will need .
And yes , they were also used on 64 & 65 "A" bodies .
The bushing at the front of the arm is listed as #K5144 and the rear is #K5161 ,according to Moog's websight :
http://www.moogparts.com/find-my-par...~Oldsmobile~98
If you were looking at Rock Auto's websight , it's understandable that you're confused .
Be assured that if you order a pair of each of these numbers , you will have all the bushings you will need .
And yes , they were also used on 64 & 65 "A" bodies .
Last edited by Charlie Jones; February 4th, 2018 at 08:48 PM.
#3
I guess you know that there are two different size bushings used in that control arm .
The bushing at the front of the arm is listed as #K5144 and the rear is #K5161 ,according to Moog's websight :
http://www.moogparts.com/find-my-par...~Oldsmobile~98
The bushing at the front of the arm is listed as #K5144 and the rear is #K5161 ,according to Moog's websight :
http://www.moogparts.com/find-my-par...~Oldsmobile~98
#4
I went through this about 18 months ago on my 67 D88. The suspension bushings are all available from RockAuto. Lowers are K5144, which is one large and one small (does one control arm). Uppers are K6108 (same as A-body). Lower ball joints are K5073. Upper ball joints are not available new unless you get old stock from someone like Mobileparts. Pay careful attention to the orientation of the lower control arm bushings - it's not obvious.
#5
I went through this about 18 months ago on my 67 D88. The suspension bushings are all available from RockAuto. Lowers are K5144, which is one large and one small (does one control arm). Uppers are K6108 (same as A-body). Lower ball joints are K5073. Upper ball joints are not available new unless you get old stock from someone like Mobileparts. Pay careful attention to the orientation of the lower control arm bushings - it's not obvious.
A unicorn of a speedometer cable style!
#7
Kanter does sell Chinesium upper ball joints for these cars. I was unimpressed. The ones I have are generic - meaning they fit either side. OEM uppers are specific RH/LH. The new ones also don't look like the originals. I chose not to use them and got old stock replacements from Craig.
#8
Kanter does sell Chinesium upper ball joints for these cars. I was unimpressed. The ones I have are generic - meaning they fit either side. OEM uppers are specific RH/LH. The new ones also don't look like the originals. I chose not to use them and got old stock replacements from Craig.
have a few. More will come!
Left side lower control arm back in place!
A quick peek at some of the ugly mess being dealt with. All from a SEEPING valve cover over the years. Never a drop of oil on the ground oddly enough!
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