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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Utopia
Posts: 261
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Control arm bumpers
Was cleaning off built up grease and gunk from my lower control arms (77 C10) and noticed a slit in both sides out towards the ball joint area. I thought "hmmm....looks like something should go there." Sure enough, the parts manual indicates a rubber bumper resides in the groove.
Both bumpers are present on the upper control arms. Truck is very original. Just curious, is there a reason they could have been removed? Maybe just rotted away? Has anyone else found the lowers missing? Just curious why they may have disappeared. |
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 970
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Re: Control arm bumpers
Dorman 533-605.
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Utopia
Posts: 261
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Re: Control arm bumpers
While I’m still unsure where the originals went, a new set of Gen-u-ine NOS bumpers showed up to my door. Made from the finest quality rubber coming from a specific cultivar of the Hevea Brasiliensis tree, hand selected by Louis Chevrolet himself, these will undoubtedly last for many years to come. Ok I made that last part up.
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SW Ontario
Posts: 1,237
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Re: Control arm bumpers
Mine rotted away. Found one of mine under my truck at work once, it was in sorry shape. Checked the other and it was still there by divine intervention.
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