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I’ve seen the forged arms on eBay a few years ago while browsing.Would have been nice if I got them but I’m satisfied with the stamped steel version.When this truck is back on the road it’ll be just a cruiser on the highway.It won’t get a whole lot of use.

Antiseize for sure before the new control arm is in there.

This morning I did manage to get the lower control arm off without issue after getting the grinder with thin cutting disc to get down a little deeper on my 96 Chevy.It still took about 15-20 smacks with a sledgehammer after it was split with the grinder but it’s out of there now.Just waiting on...

Rust is certainly a big thing where I am here in Canada.I dont use my trucks during the winter because of the road salt,etc but I still like to rust proof everything if I can.

That’s definitely a great idea indeed.At this point I was thinking of giving the new arms a good shot of fluid film inside before I mount them upon the truck.I have a pretty good undercoating gun I use which should help.

That cab looks great.Very nice find👍

The headliner looks good Big T.Mighty impressive 👍

Yes no Bon jovi tunes…lol.Its too risky…😜

Once these control arms are split and off the truck they are going to the scrap heap.Brand new moog and mevotech arms are on the way.I don’t see any holes from rust upon the passenger side control arm but I’m getting rid of that one as well. I’m thinking in the next little while I’ll most...

Yes I think so too Big T.I was going to do that last night but didnt want to get sparks flying around the garage since it was pretty late and all.

Oh yes the torsion bar was fully unloaded.Swinging downward.The bolt that puts tension on the torsion key was also loosened completely.I also removed the steering knuckle with wheel bearing to get things out of the way.I placed the caliper upon the top of the upper control arm.

Last night I attempted to get the driver side lower control arm removed on my 96 Chevy.Everything is off at this point.Had no trouble getting the lower bolts out of the bushings. I used a Milwaukee reciprocating saw to slice down through the control arm in the torsion bar area in an attempt to...

Probably a good way to find out is go through rockauto and see if the part numbers are the same.That might help.

As of this morning everything is back together including the new fan clutch.Just waiting on the lower control arms to arrive and then everything will be new up front in regard to steering and suspension.

This morning I removed the steering box assembly from the same 96 Chevy truck to allow installation of a new pitman arm.The old pitman arm was sloppy I have to say so a Napa fleet brand replacement was put into place.Just a matter now of getting the box back up into position. The snap-on pitman...

Last evening I purchased a couple wiper linkages for one of my K1500 trucks.Both trucks have moderate wear and tear on these parts so I figured a couple linkages would be handy to have and I’ll change them out when the weather improves.Total cost wasn’t much.Something like $50.

I have new red prothane brand bushings in the upper control arms with Delphi ball joints at the moment.I do have the red urethane bushings to fit the lowers as well.I would prefer those over the factory bushings for sure. I guess when I installed the lower ball joints some rust must have...

Added to the order was a couple bump stops made by energy suspension.

Sorry guys I got that mixed up…lol.I must have had a buffering moment.It happens🤷 When the truck was heading upward the overrunning clutch teeth would fall back hitting the flexplate.

I figured I may as well buy the lower passenger side control arm for the same truck.This one is coming from Amazon as well.Total cost was $250.