I had the same problem on my 80. I just replaced the lower A arm. got it
from someone on the list almost free. I had offers from a 6 pack to
$75. Shop around... good chance to renew the bushings while you are at
it. Takes about an hour.
Sam
At 08:22 PM 2/14/2000 -0500, Patrick Bowen wrote:
>While working on my cars suspension I have ran into the problem where the
>passenger side lower wishbone's sway bar bracket, where it connects to the
>link, is broken. the DPO did a poor job of welding a washer onto it as a
>fix. I am trying for a really nice car and this is not what I want so I am
>looking for a good cheap wishbone. More importantly I have checked into a
>few of these and it seems this is a common problem as the ones I have found
>are broken as well. Is this a weak link in the suspension? I imagine that
>the easy fix is to cut a piece of metal the same shape and weld it over it
>as a reinforcement, but I don't have the resources to cut them. Has anyone
>ever done this, or even had this problem, or is my life totally unique in
>this aspect. Thanks Patrick Bowen
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