Wanted: Passenger side rear control arm bracket for 78 turb

[Saabguy70]

I am in need of a Passenger side rear control arm bracket for 78 turbo, It is L shaped and has three studs going through the bracket, My bracket had a broken stud on it.

Does anyone have one in there barn?

Tack!

[Crazyswede]

Not picturing the part you are referring to. Can you take a picture of where it came off the car?

[Saabguy70]

Here is the bracket,
First picture is a side picture and the second is of the direction of the bracket on the car, if you are looking a control are from the side!


Images are attached!

[Crazyswede]

Oh. You mean a passenger side front suspension rear a arm bracket. Thought you were referring to the rear suspension.

[Saabguy70]

Yes that is exactly what I need!

[Jon1]

Saabguy, aren't the "studs" pressed in with serrated shanks? Couldn't you just replace it? Maybe have a shop weld on a new stud?

[SwedeSport]

Yeah... those studs are just pressed in.

[Sam]

Self tapping studs from McMaster Carr, or frankly just weld in square headed bolts from mcmaster for extra strength.

[Jordan]

I always wondered how you got those out of a car....

[DeLorean]

I was just looking at this. The rear ones you can remove whole (fairly sure), the front ones if the studs are indeed just pressed in, you could probably just loosen em up, then smack em with an air-hammer - like you are knocking out a wheel stud, then remove the studs, and the pate separately from the car. This may be something that looks complicated but is actually simple. If that's not how they come out, the front ones went in before the front box-members went in, which is basically the frame... so those are a permanent resident of the car if that's the case.

[DrewP]

Please don't weld anything in, the weld will take the heat treat out of the fastener right at the base of the threads, and then it will break, and you will have a very bad day.

Just press it out and measure, those pressed in studs are easy to get.

[Geoff]

Please don't weld anything in, the weld will take the heat treat out of the fastener right at the base of the threads, and then it will break, and you will have a very bad day.

Just press it out and measure, those pressed in studs are easy to get.

X2, glad someone else with a brain spoke up (even though he's from California )

[Jon1]

If any one misses me while I am gone, I will be out looking for a brain.

[Crazyswede]

If any one misses me while I am gone, I will be out looking for a brain.

you have enough machine tools now to make a new one

[Geoff]

Perhaps I should have phrased that differently. I was a bit out of my brain at the time.