Are you talking about the upper a-arm spindle? What look like bolts on the
upper a-arm are actually threaded metal bushings. They thread into the a-arm
and then over the threaded ends of the upper a-arm spindle. The machine shop
I took mine to said it was just like the suspension on older Chevrolets. The
bushings are a real bear to get out and in - the machine shop did the work
for me after I almost ripped my vice off my workbench trying to get them in
with a really long cheater bar!
Anyway, there should not be any play.
Leigh Brooks
BADROC
on 5/25/01 12:48 PM, Daniel Beatty at nowroc@pacifier.com wrote:
> My upper A-arm bolt that acts as the pivot point for the arm has a great
> deal of up and down mobility within in the hole. How easy is this bolt to
> replace? Is it merely releasing the pressure on the suspension by dropping
> the lower A-arm and spring, then replacing the bolt? My concern is that the
> hole has been misshapen. Is this possible or does the bolt have a bushing
> that it is riding on that has just deteriorated?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Daniel Beatty
> 65 1600
> NOWROCer
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