Question on upper a arm shafts - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

kbro12 · 03-06-2011, 07:53 PM

Does the shaft and nuts pivot as one or are the nuts suppose to tighten completely against the a arm and the shaft pivots inside them? I thought the nuts where suppose to stay stationary with the arm, but i can't get the nuts to bottom out on the arms, almost like the shafts are a hair to long????? These are on my '67 swb.

**lolife99** · 03-07-2011, 10:36 PM

Can you post any pics of your a-arms?

kbro12 · 03-08-2011, 09:47 PM

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So I get everything torqued down, slide the a-arm assembly on the studs of the crossmember and pivot it up and down and the nuts end up rotating with the shaft. If I'm not making sense please say something......Hahaha

weekendracer728 · 03-09-2011, 01:37 AM

Your nuts are part of the shaft. When you bolt it up, the shaft and nuts should stay put as u move the arm up and down. The arm should pivot on a bushing. You may be missing a spacer/bushing.

kbro12 · 03-09-2011, 10:58 PM

Yea, I guess I miss worded my last post. So it's normal for the nuts to stay stationary while the arm pivots? My confusion is I thought I read somewhere on here that someone tack welded the nuts to the arm which would mean they obviously move with the arm. Maybe I'm just looking way too deep into this, i just want it to be right.

weekendracer728 · 03-10-2011, 04:06 AM

The nuts should stay put as the arm pivots.

03-06-2011, 07:53 PM	#1
kbro12 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 15	Question on upper a arm shafts Does the shaft and nuts pivot as one or are the nuts suppose to tighten completely against the a arm and the shaft pivots inside them? I thought the nuts where suppose to stay stationary with the arm, but i can't get the nuts to bottom out on the arms, almost like the shafts are a hair to long????? These are on my '67 swb.

03-07-2011, 10:36 PM	#2
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,700	Re: Question on upper a arm shafts Can you post any pics of your a-arms? __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

03-08-2011, 09:47 PM	#3
kbro12 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 15	Re: Question on upper a arm shafts So I get everything torqued down, slide the a-arm assembly on the studs of the crossmember and pivot it up and down and the nuts end up rotating with the shaft. If I'm not making sense please say something......Hahaha

03-09-2011, 01:37 AM	#4
weekendracer728 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Prague, MN Posts: 103	Re: Question on upper a arm shafts Your nuts are part of the shaft. When you bolt it up, the shaft and nuts should stay put as u move the arm up and down. The arm should pivot on a bushing. You may be missing a spacer/bushing. __________________ Live life one weld at a time. '04.5 Chev Duramax CCLB- Winter DD '03 Grand Prix GT- Summer DD '67 C10-307/T5(For Now)-R.I.P-Burned Up! '68 C10-5.3/4L80E www.one-guys-garage.com Last edited by weekendracer728; 03-09-2011 at 01:37 AM.

03-09-2011, 10:58 PM	#5
kbro12 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 15	Re: Question on upper a arm shafts Yea, I guess I miss worded my last post. So it's normal for the nuts to stay stationary while the arm pivots? My confusion is I thought I read somewhere on here that someone tack welded the nuts to the arm which would mean they obviously move with the arm. Maybe I'm just looking way too deep into this, i just want it to be right.

03-10-2011, 04:06 AM	#6
weekendracer728 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Prague, MN Posts: 103	Re: Question on upper a arm shafts The nuts should stay put as the arm pivots. __________________ Live life one weld at a time. '04.5 Chev Duramax CCLB- Winter DD '03 Grand Prix GT- Summer DD '67 C10-307/T5(For Now)-R.I.P-Burned Up! '68 C10-5.3/4L80E www.one-guys-garage.com



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