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Old 08-10-2010, 11:21 PM   #1
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upper control arm beveled pads

i was wondering where i can buy the beveled pads that go between the cross shaft and the shims for the upper control arm. gm has discontinued them and no dealers near me have them. the junkyard will not sell them seperate in fear that they will not be able to sell the complete crossmember. any help would be great. it is holding me up from having a roller. any help would be great, daniel.
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Old 08-10-2010, 11:40 PM   #2
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

best bet is the pick-n-pull
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Old 08-11-2010, 12:47 AM   #3
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

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i was wondering where i can buy the beveled pads that go between the cross shaft and the shims for the upper control arm. gm has discontinued them and no dealers near me have them. the junkyard will not sell them seperate in fear that they will not be able to sell the complete crossmember. any help would be great. it is holding me up from having a roller. any help would be great, daniel.
Machine the 'pads' area of the cross-shaft flat.
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Old 08-11-2010, 08:12 AM   #4
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

I ran in to the same problem ... I made my own on a lathe.
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:35 AM   #5
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

if i can find them i'll give them to ya!! going to have to sell my project anyways so i rather see them get used then sitting in my grage for another 5yrs.
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Old 08-13-2010, 07:27 PM   #6
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

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Machine the 'pads' area of the cross-shaft flat.
I did the same thing although I did it on Ride tech arms to lay flat against the dropmember mount.
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Old 08-13-2010, 07:37 PM   #7
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Re: upper control arm beveled pads

well since i had the arms together and already powdercoated i went ahead and got them from a vender that is on here. about 4 bucks a piece, not bad.
thanks for all the info again guys. daniel
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