Cracked Upper Swing Arms

[Worzel]

I found this post on a valiant web site and i have to agree with him.......

"With your suspension rebuild , don't use urathene/nolathene bushes in the upper control arm.It tends to make it too stiff and cracks the upper mounting points where they join the chassis rail. I have used rubber in the top control arm,"

Was at the wreckers today trying to find upper control arms, and the first four were cracked in the same place - oddly enough left hand side cracks at the back and right hand side cracks at the front so the look the same when they are off.

i threw four away last year with exactly the same crack and had two welded up but now i have found two without cracks (haha - how long before they crack?)

[ben]

yeh i know its a real problem but i seem to have quite a lot without cracks at my house.. dont ask me why cause i dont know why mine are ok??? maybe im not looking hard enough.. but ive only thrown away 1 with a crack froma ll the ones ive got.

ben

[BlackBedford]

G'day

When you have your frontend apart it is worth a bit of preventative welding before it cracks.