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164 upper control arm bushings 140-160 1974

posted by  matt122s on  Tue Feb 4 17:17 CST 2014
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Hi All,
I'm slowly getting my 1974 164 road worthy, it has a long way to go. Last weekend I was replacing the upper and lower ball joints and front control arm bushings. I was able to replace the lower control arm bushings and ball joints, but the upper control arm bushings I order were wrong. I thought 140 upper control arm bushings would work, I thought I read that somewhere. I think what I read was you can use 140 upper control arms if you swap them over complete, and they have to be from a 1970 onwards car to ensure you have the larger diameter ball joint. Can anyone shed some light on this please. Since this weekend I found that a company called Skandix lists the correct 164 complete new left and right upper control arms, but not the upper control arm bushings. I also found a company called Vlvautoparts.com that lists complete new upper control arm for all 140's, and also the 164. It looks like they have already supperceded the 164 upper control arm to the 140 style. Vlvautoparts.com only list 1 part number and says it will work on the left or right. Can anyone please tell me if 140 upper control arms are side specific?
If this will work I plan on going used and just installing my new upper ball joints and new 140 style control arm bushings. I don't want to pay $300.00 plus per side for a brand new upper control arm.
Thanks in advance for you replies, Matt





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