I need some help on getting some control arm measurements for an EA81 and an EA82. Pics would also be great too. I'm fabricating up some custom control arms to do a 5-lug conversion on the front of an '82 Brat and plan on making some control arms for it and possibly more to sell.

 

I need the outside diameter of the bushing housing where it bolts into the crossmember, length of bushing housing, length of control arm from where the bolt runs through the bushing to the center of the ball joint taper (it doesn't have to be exact but fairly close), the width of the largest area on the control arm and the distance from where the strut rod bolts onto the control arm from the center of the bushing. I'd also like some pics if they can be had without much hassle. Once I have one set done, I'll post pics and go over what I'm doing in a new thread.

why don't you just ream out the ea81 control arm for the other ball joint russ?i mean just curious.

i gave or traded a set of control arms to briggs that had exactly that......cheers, b

Maybe this way custom axles wont have to be made, hmmm?

Russ, why not come over and take pics etc?

Edited April 13, 201115 yr by Turbone

Maybe this way custom axles wont have to be made, hmmm?

Russ, why not come over and take pics etc?

 

Exactly. I'm going to be making these so that its easier to get axles (IE replacement EJ axles) instead of having to make axles that work. It also gets me back into fabrication so once I have a few other projects finished up, I can start making custom subframes to bolt EJ suspension onto so I can bolt it into an EA82 chassis.

 

I might have to make a trip down there here soon. We're finally getting settled into the new place but I still gotta get the garage squared away, as it looks like poo:rolleyes:

ahh, axles.ok ,that makes sense.

cheers, b