bent control arm?
 

I'm slowly upgrading my 1302 to 1303 front suspension (to accept the 944 spindles) and pulled some lower control arms from a junker. Now the question I have is whether the part I pulled is any good. The later stamped steel style seem much less substantial than the early cast stlye. Has anyone tried to fab up a new one with thick wall tubing? If someone were to, they could incorporate an adjustment for camber (they sell similar things for other cars). Anyway, I'm gonna try and put a link to a picture of the parts I got. Can anyone tell me if the arms are different (left and right) and whether or not mine is bent.

thanks!

Paul

Thats nicely bent. They aren't sided.

I have also thought the same thing about fabricating some. Use thick wall tubing, and some similar "tubes" for the bushes as they do now or use a rose joint on the inner one to allow camber adjust as you say.

You can also use the porsche sized mount for using a 944 ball joint instead of an aftermarket one, just to keep life easy for replacement time...

Mine are modified and painted for my use so I won't be trying this unless I bend one (very unlikely now- they've been reinforced!!)

But let us know how you get on.

Cheers
Jeremy

Paul

Heres the pics of the mods I've made to my control arms.

You can see evrything here, ie reason behind the mods/ the strut top bearing etc
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/foru...2477#pid169608

Hope this is of some help.

Cheers
Jeremy

I bought my first sb a few weeks ago and after years of feeling the solid torsion beam front lead the way I discovered the sb shimmies. I did what I could like everyone says to but it still wouldnt feel rock solid the way I like it so I took off the control arms measured them and then threw them away and made new ones out of thick wall seamless tubing for the arm and used a tube notcher from harborfreight tools to notch the end to hold a short lenght of tube welded to the arm. This short tube holds the bushing and must be made by a pro if bs is to be avoided. On the hub end I substituted a ball joint from a VW saviero which fits the sb ball joint bore like a glove and is a bolt on item cos I hate press fit joints. the ball joint appears to be the very same size as a 1982 rabbit I used to own but there are two different sizes so check if you try this. The anti roll bar bore through the control arm is just another tube welded through a hole drilled into the control arm with no room to spare. I have done fabrication work for a while If you havent DO NOT try this, instead get a machine shop to make these parts for you then take it to a competent welder or just take it to a fabrication shop for the whole job. I dont need to tell you the result of a control arm breaking at 90mph Good luck

Wahdubi,

I'd love to see some pics.

L