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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 364 | a little tip about welding on your bolt, just because you own or have access to a welder, this does NOT mean that welding is a fix for EVERYTHING!
Right now I'm working on removing my lower A-arms on my '67, that some genius decided to WELD to the cradle. The u-brackets that rivet to the bottom of the cradle, that the A-arm shaft rests in are gone. In their place are scraps of metal, and makeshift brackets. :hammering:
Keith
If it were easy they'd have grade schoolers doing it!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 48 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 48 | That's a bad scene! Were you driving the truck before finding this potential castastrophy? Bet you had some choice words for him when you found that level workmanship.
Joe
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'67 Chevy C20 fleetside, 250 inline, 3 on tree, heavy duty clutch and brakes, heater, steel bed floor
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"Tighten until the stud snaps, then back off half a turn."
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Buying an old truck that someone has already "fixed up" is like buying a box of Cracker Jacks... there's a surprise in every package  Sometimes several | | |
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