78 Chrysler Newport Upper Control Arm

[Wolfe440]

78 Newport, anyone know a source of upper control arms that have already been rebuilt?
Or who sells the shafts? I can find the bushings.
Thanks, Wolf

 

[commando1]

78 Newport, anyone know a source of upper control arms that have already been rebuilt?
Or who sells the shafts? I can find the bushings.
Thanks, Wolf

No rebuilt UCA's available.
Used ones and rebuild it.
Never seen a 74-78 UCA go except on Derby cars.

 

[Davea Lux]

Usually the rubber bushings and the upper ball joints are the only things that wear out and those were designed to be readily replaceable.

Dave

 

[Wolfe440]

It was a Ohio car all its life, lot of rust. Not sure if I can get the end nuts off the shafts without damage. I will give it a try and see where I end up.
Thanks! Wolf.

 

[Davea Lux]

It was a Ohio car all its life, lot of rust. Not sure if I can get the end nuts off the shafts without damage. I will give it a try and see where I end up.
Thanks! Wolf.

Give them repeated shots of PB Blaster and let sit over night.

Dave

 

[Wolfe440]

That I will certainly do. Just found my last can and it had one squirt left...ugh. Order more, in no hurry. Thx.

 

[savoy64]

awhile back i did a disc conversion on my 69 fury----i used a 73 D100 for the donor--found the upper ball joint hole in the spindle was bigger--went to the junk yard with the 69 upper control arm------i took a upper control arm off a 74 fury (same as yours) put the 69 on top of it and they were exactly the same and it had the bigger ball joint like the 73 spindle needed---bought both----cut that center link out---pressed in the new 73 fury control arm bushings-------i made a jig to compare the sizes of the 69f-73t and 74f----they were all within 1/16th of an inch--i imagine there is a factory spec on that---------moral of the story---c-bodies shared components with 1/2 ton trucks and vans.........car is aligned and the tech said there was plenty of adjustment available....