RShaips

I see upper and lower tubular A-Arms on ebay for $215.00 for both sides. Anybody use these before or know anything about them?
I need to buy some for my 72 Convertible, and I like the price!
Thanks

newmexguy

There are threads out there, about "chinesium" arms failing due to ball joints and welds snapping. Bad metallurgy. Beware.

olds_freak

Most of those you find online are copies of older Global West arms. They aren't as bad as people say. I've used them on a car before and they weren't bad at all. The car even aligned great at the shop to the specs I specified. They were able to get negative camber without any issues.

I did change the ball joints though. That is something I would consider a must using them.

fleming442

I put BMR uppers on the 67, and I don't think they were much more expensive than that.

droldsmorland

Life is full of choices.

Roll the dice at speed...say 80mph.
bet on China for the cheap?
bet on USA twice maybe triple the cost?

Loose a front wheel... how much did you save. Nothing not even your azz.

Throw money at China?
Throw money at your neighbor?

Ive seen the knock offs explode, some are going on 10 years without failure.
Never saw a USA part explode.

Knowing what I know about quality control, metallurgy and welding I wouldn't touch the knock offs.

Your call.

RShaips

Yea I get it, I don't disagree just put $9,000 into this ride! Just wanting some feedback, looks easier to replace the complete A arms than replacing all the bushings.
Thanks

oldcutlass

It's not that hard to replace the stock bushings and ball joints.

Fun71

Agreed. I did it back in school. If you don’t have a press you can bring the arms and bushings to a shop.

oldcutlass

I do it with a shop hammer and the correct size cheap socket or a piece of pipe. There are many ways to do it with basic hand tools.

droldsmorland

Support the A-arm so it doesn't deform like with a large socket or pipe. Use another socket that's the right size as the nonflanged side of the bushing and whack it straight on. If it's not rusty and crusty it should come out with a little persuation.
Fire wrench in the right hands works well too

Shouldn't be expensive to have a shop do it.
What you need to do is carefully inspect all the bushing and BJ areas for cracks or defects. If defective don't try to weld replace it, preferably with good used USA1969 parts.

Put the bushings in the freezer for 30 mins. Gently heat the bushing hole/boss with propane to150-200°F max Then drive the bushing home. Using the heat cold method it should go in smoothly.