Thanks Dave,
No, it doesn't need to be new, although that is my first preference after
seeing some scary looking cracks in the parts I removed. There are plenty of
salvaged parts on this car, so that's not a problem in general for me. In
this case, about an hour after my first post about the cracked arm, I cleaned
the other R/H arm and found a similar crack. The L/H suspension had not been
disassembled yet but I'm thinking that since I only want to do this job once,
I'd better be ready to replace those too....maybe just for GP's, since
everything on the car is the same vintage, and safety is a big concern with
the suspension. The first arm had been repaired by a prior owner, and cracked
again right at the repair....not a good thing.
I suspected problems with this car so I'm rebuilding it before driving it...a
decision I'm happy about now.
I have nothing against used parts, I just don't want the vertical links to
suddenly become horizontal links while I'm driving. I hate it when that
happens.
Steve
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:11:25 EDT
From: Dave1massey@cs.com
Subject: Re: [TR] R/H front upper control arm, needed
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
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In a message dated 10/14/2007 4:39:10 PM Central Daylight Time,
banjonut@verizon.net writes:
> Anybody know where to get a new Upper Control Arm (upper wishbone) for TR3A
> front suspension? I need the R/H front arm...mine has a nice big crack in
> it.
> It's Moss P/N 661-010, but it's N/A from Moss. I can't find it in the TRF
> online database either, but I'll call them tomorrow. Any other ideas for a
> new one?
>
Does it need to be new? these things rarely fail and there are plenty
salvaged off of cars daily. Check with all the usual second hand parts
suppliers
like TSI, Triumphs Only, Triumph Rescue, etc.
Get them sand blasted and powder coated and they will look like new.
Dave
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