Some previous owner welded the end caps on my upper control arms...

[cebra]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

" Regarding the 2nd comment, the condition of my threads wasn't great and we didn't trust them holding only under torque hence the tacks. Next time I replace control arm bushings I will have to do the whole thing (arms + bushings) though, it was just a way to get 1 more use out of the arms rather than replace them."


This is why I used the Dykem marker to mark the caps/ control arms . It's easy to check if they need to be re torqued or tack welded after about 50 miles I go over all the suspension and check / re torque everything .

Yeah, that makes sense as well without having to weld. Those threads in the control arm get pretty janky but the first set of control arm bushings lasted 50 years so I guess they worked pretty dang well.