Mike,
2/19 Edited to correct incorrect memories! S
I will say, that is the oddest looking bad front a-arm Heim joint affair I have ever seen!!!! My Heim joints were bad, but NOTHING like what you have........ It just looks like there is too much shaft sticking out for the nut to hold anything together............even if all the proper parts were present????
There a long shaft that passes entirely thru the front shock tower and fastens to both heims?????? Check the other side to see what is whacked there?
It's been so long since I've been in there............ likely one of the first things I ever did......was grease the squeaky
LOWER front a-arm bushings......later doing the ball joints after the stock ones self destructed...... almost lied and said that I didn't have a digital camera.....what I DIDN'T HAVE was recollection of these particular pictures which were stuffed in a "misc" labeled folder....DUH!!!
Pics of new LOWER inner bushings from one of the vendors.....really the originals weren't bad apparently!! The "needle" grease gun tip to grease Unibal heims.
New Unibal joints all lubed and bootied up, ready for new ball joint and installation!
Close up of the reinforced lower a-arms that some of the cars got somewhere in the late 900's or early 1000's??? My car came with one of each due to an accident......and this just happened to be the newer piece! I modified the other side to have a similar reinforcement job done! Requires one longer ball joint bolt on each side.....
Plews needle style grease gun fitting for the Unibal heim joints!
Cheers!!!
Steve
