My Lower Rear Arms have some dents. Is there anyone who refurbishes them or any vendors they sell them either outright or exchange?
Would like them to be right before powder coating in my restoration project.
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Hall Pantera exchanged a set for me back in the late 80's. Pretty sure Steve at Panteras by Wilkinson, Hall Pantera, Dave at PI Motorsports, Don at Full Throttle Panteras, Tommy at Extreme Panteras could all help you. There are many other shops out there but these are the ones close to me. As many owners are changing out the rear suspension for Aluminum you may get lucky and buy a good used one from one of them. Good Luck!
If you're unsuccessful at finding a perfect one and handy with oxyacetylene, you could try un-denting it. They are only thick-wall mild steel tubing and you do it much like body repairs. I took out a dent that I'd caused with a press, by drilling a hole thru the backside of the dented tube facing the dent. Then I heated the dent with a torch while tapping through the drill hole with a rod, to force the dented area back out. Welded the hole closed, some sanding and polishing and the a-arm was good to go. I once straightened and rewelded one that had a completely cracked tube for a friend. 20 years ago and no complaints yet....
Another way is to weld a threaded rod, or series of threaded rods to the dented area, heat the dented area, then the threaded rod/s goes through a hole/s drilled into a thick plate, a nut/s is attached to the threaded rod/s, and the nut/s tightened against the thick plate, pulling the dent/s out.
This way eliminates the need to drill a hole/s into the arm itself
It is then just a matter of cutting off the welded threaded rod/s & grinding the area/s smooth...Mark
This way eliminates the need to drill a hole/s into the arm itself
It is then just a matter of cutting off the welded threaded rod/s & grinding the area/s smooth...Mark