mfg Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 (edited) Interesting that Studebaker did not use heavy duty LOWER control arms on their R3-4 powered cars. (grease fittings on inner shafts instead of rubber) They no doubt stocked these HD lower arms from left over '51-'52 production. Actually, the easy answer is that they would have had to use the pre'58 front shock absorber setup, and they no doubt did not want to go back to that. Edited January 9 by mfg added text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted January 9 Author Report Share Posted January 9 (edited) The above reminds me of the '64 square light I once owned, which I installed a 'full set' (4) of HD front suspension control arms on... It took awhile to grease that front end..There was 26 grease fittings in total if I remember right!! Edited January 9 by mfg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 I imagine they did the top as it is way more prone to wear out as it rotates about twice as far as the lower during deflection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64Avanti Posted March 30 Report Share Posted March 30 The for aft loading results in more deflection than what is seen on the lower arm due to the difference in spread of the bushings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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