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S.coppertop
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 Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 6:26 pm Post subject: Missing bolt upper control arm |
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So I noticed that my right side (passenger side) Upper control arm is missing the adjusting bolt, I believe. I looked at ISP west for my year 1973 Squareback and it doesn’t show one to replace it. In my Bentley however it shows one. I am confused.
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squaretobehip
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: Missing bolt upper control arm |
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| S.coppertop wrote: |
So I noticed that my right side (passenger side) Upper control arm is missing the adjusting bolt, I believe. I looked at ISP west for my year 1973 Squareback and it doesn’t show one to replace it. In my Bentley however it shows one. I am confused.
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It’s shown in the diagram, just not bubbled. The lock tab is bubbled.
Yes, you are definitely missing the bolt and lock tab. You should fix this ASAP as it looks like the sway bar is not seated into the actual arm. It looks incredibly sketchy at the moment. The missing bolt sets the tension. The grub screw just locks it down to the arm itself. The parts book on this site probably has the size of the bolt, but make sure you grab a lock tab for it. The Bentley manual goes over how to adjust the end play with the bolt.
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squaretobehip
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Missing bolt upper control arm |
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The bolt is listed as M8 x 20. Hope this helps.
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