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Originally Posted by Clyde65
My suggestion is to use some 73-82 upper and lower a-arms, they are much stronger, cheaper parts and completely rebuildable. Also much more heavy duty. Also upgrade to the larger a-arm bushing u-bolts.
63-70
71/72
73-82
These are all different sizes, small to larger.
The only way to tell the difference is by the size of the ball joint I believe
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Thanks,
The 73-82 sure look the same to me and are priced cheap.
Question...can I pick up the 73-82 lowers and use them with my original uppers?
Or can (if needed) install new uppers and lowers from 73-82 and still use the coils and shocks I purchased from CPP that will be here by Tuesday?
Also, I am waiting on delivery of the set of coil springs and shocks from CPP now. I saw the dent in my LH lower when I purchased the truck, but didn't notice how bad it was until yesterday when I crawled under to pre-soak all the bolts and nuts with PB Blaster. The truck has all new tie rods, idler arms, ball joints and pitman arm already installed. I have an offer for a LH lower from a generous member who lives 2 towns away and hope that pans out. But I do need to have a backup plan as I'm not going to install new coils and shocks and ignore the damaged LH lower I found.
Thanks for any knowledge you share.
Greg