Lower Control Arm Restore rebuild refinish

In this video I take a pair of GM 64 thru 72 Front Lower Control arms and restore / rebuild / refinish them.
Includes bushing removal and installs, also includes ball joint removal and install.
The project is completed by powder coating the arms.

[@richardramon2175]

Love it! First time seeing this sort of work being done. What a treat!

[@mikoloe]

I had a clunkity klunk issue so I bought a set of control arms. I had the car up, tires off and was ready to change them out when I saw that there were 2 bolts loose on one side and 1 on the other. Just a quick tightening and I would have been done with it all. Since I was half way there and beside me were 2 new Beck Arnley control arms, it was a no brainer. Well, the rest is history and they perform like a champ. Moral of the story is, check for loose bolts before you spend money replacing something that knocks and Klunks.

[@bruceturek262]

Good to see a person taking pride in his work Paying attention to detail you just gave me the incentive to mine over starting on a 72 Elcamino front end. Thanks for sharing you did a professional job

[@DaleGribble53]

Awesome video! Very helpful. The “bell” trick listening for cracks was a new one for me! Keep the videos coming!

[@wingrider1004]

love the shop...a lifetime of work on display...well done.

[@philipwright769]

very helpful!!!!!!!! i CAN NOT find upper and lower control arms for my 1974 Buick Apollo. this video has saved me time, money, blood, sweat, and tears. i recommend this video and channel to every mechanic now. Thank You SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!

[@oldsilkhat7893]

Always good to see quality work.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank You.

[@tmrskihammer2297]

Excellent detailed process. Impressive shop and equipment! Thanks for the tutorial! Nice work!

[@wilsoncs3980]

Great work. Superior attention to detail.

[@1armedguy4]

Glad to see you back at it, hope all is well in your part of the world. 🇨🇦

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thanks, getting better.

[@yvespierre6966]

great job I wasnt aware there was more to those control arms but now I feel more comfortable

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you.

[@blackenigma1054]

Those arms came out really nice….good job!👍🏿

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you.

[@remobeniamini3106]

Great video, very informative and great tips

[@farazsiddiqui6689]

You did a fantastic job there Sir.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you.

[@Labergemusic]

There's something just so nice about this. I love the feeling of fixing something up.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Much better to fix the old stuff rather than using china stuff.

[@Labergemusic]

@@ThrottleStopRacing now I'm working on a mid 80s gm product so that might not always be accurate 😛

[@kyle7063]

Well done sir. Thank you for sharing. I did not know about the outgassing step prior to powder. Good information

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

That is an important step

[@PWDahmer]

Great tip with the bushing ear support. I was using sockets to brace but will be cutting some half pipes. I don’t like buying control arms when they can be rebuilt much cheaper. Great video and great results on your restoration.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Tank you

[@tkirkwood3366]

Thanks this helps a lot!! God Bless!!!

[@PBrooksSawyer]

Nice video. Thanks for the learning opportunity.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you

[@jbaker400]

great video!....thanks for sharing.

[@cesarmartinez3582]

Great job master thanks

[@ronbunker5778]

Nice job!

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you very much!

[@johnbarton1956]

Nice Job!

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thanks

[@cameronmorgan4585]

Using MOOG... you must really enjoy replacing bushings and ball joints.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Not sure what you mean, are you saying you do not like Moog?

[@indyme2]

Excellent video Thanks.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you.

[@tsar-bomba2413]

Great job

[@omranmkv]

Satisfying to watch

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thanks.

[@geerthesselberg6643]

excellent work ,which you had a shop in Texas

[@marchallaert7372]

Great tutorial. 👍

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thanks very much.

[@alanfrancis6671]

really....you should use ear and eye protection !!!! EXCELLENT VIDEO

[@anthonysandiego7082]

Quality work... not puchu-puchu👍 becoz of that new subcriber here..

[@rorydaddy]

Nice Job Beautiful

[@alexdaniels8349]

Looking good

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you very much.

[@benoitlambert100]

Darn....the control arms look just like brand new.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thanks.

[@damianperezhernandez9517]

Buen video gracias 👌🏻

[@ronmoore5874]

Isn't the mounting bar that threads inside the bushings need to be in one side before the last bushing is pressed in? Love the powder coat!!! Thanks.

[@rdking3]

1971 Chevy C10, any idea where I can find replacement control arm bushings. Great video. Thank you

[@flinch622]

Here's a little trick that works if all you have is a cordless drill to clean holes of paint [or whatever] like the size of these bushings. I take a 3 stone brake hone and some drywall sanding screen, and wrap just enough around the first stone to use a paper clip to secure in place. [100 grit to remove paint or 220 to resize metal for a close fit]. Wrap the remainder around the opposite direction of drill rotation and voila: nice, clean, concentric holes. Not machine shop quality obviously, but pretty darn good compared to most anything anyone ever shadetreed. Can this work on machined parts? Yes - I resized a crankshaft sprocket this way before, as the crank snout was ground down to 1.510", missing the 1.490 to 1.495 spec, and I just wasn't going to tear down a recently assembled motor for a machine shop to do the work. Just plain stones [as the tool comes with] would not have worked, as they would have cought in the keyways and shattered or damaged the part - the screen spread the load and kept stones from bouncing. Caveat? I had a micrometer and snap gauges to check my work.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Thank you for taking the time to respond with an alternate method of cleaning the inside of the bushing sockets.

[@annabellendad]

​@@ThrottleStopRacing where are you located and what would it cost to get my original rally rims done this way?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

@@annabellendad I have stopped doing wheels, sorry

[@picaspero]

Hello, nice job on those control arms, if you had bend ears at the bushings, how would you correct it?

[@deltabravo5719]

Use a 12 ton press like he used late in the video and some bracing to fix the bends in the "ears".

[@DavidStirm]

Cresent whench not chanal locks my dude.... thx great video

[@ctomlins6563]

I love the pipe tip, to prevent collapsing the arms when pressing out the bushing. Is that fence pipe of some type or galvanized plumbing pipe?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Just ordinary black iron pipe, shortest length you can buy.

[@ctomlins6563]

Thank you

[@SaneCayne]

How did you get the cross shafts out? Did you cut them?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Just bolts in the lowers, the shafts do come out of the uppers.

[@dzlfreek]

Hey there Glen! how's winter been treating ya?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

This has been a mild winter so far, only 70 inches of snow so far, we are expecting some cold weather Wednesday (-6 as a high). Good to see someone is still following. Have not posted in a while.

[@dzlfreek]

@@ThrottleStopRacing i think about ya every time i look at the load leveler you sent.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

@@dzlfreek Happy you could put it to good use. I really appreciated the shout out you did, still looking for the 1000th subscriber

[@henryhenson3447]

How much would you charge me to do my upper & lower control arms left & right for my 70 GTO

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

I have retired from providing this service.

[@richardramon2175]

How many coats of powder coat do you use?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Just one coat does the trick. Thanks for the question.

[@richardramon2175]

@@ThrottleStopRacing thank you!

[@gregsims4842]

I need my 1969 oldsmobile delta 88 control arms done.can u help me out.

[@gregsims4842]

How much would it cost to do my upper an lower control arms 1969 delta 88?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

I am sorry but I do not do this any more.

[@sunshinepet]

How much would this cost a shop to do?

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Back in the day I would charge $65.00. That would be ridiculous now.

[@sunshinepet]

@@ThrottleStopRacing what should I expect to pay

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

@@sunshinepet $150.00 in labor, plus the parts.

[@sunshinepet]

@@ThrottleStopRacing gotta find someone to do it. I have a idea who

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

@@sunshinepet Not me.

[@suewatson1912]

998 point restoration..... .Nothing is perfect.

[@ThrottleStopRacing]

Very true.

[@jefflong5678]

Great work