Re: Vesiapina's 1955 Packard 400 from Finland

Posted by Vesiapina On 2015/12/14 7:47:12

In the manual they are referred to as the "support upper arm" and "support lower arm". But I've seen the bushings sold for these as both support arm bushings and control arm bushings.

In any case I guess I can get both of these from Kanter or Max Merritt?

One thing that is also bothering me. The manual says: "Two types of upper support arms are used in the Packard suspension systems. The one type incorporates rubber bushings at the inner end of the arm and these are not replaceable. On cars equipped with this type of upper arm, the arm and pivot bracket is replaced as an assembly. The other type arms incorporate threaded bushings at their inner ends and these bushings are serviceable."

Was the other type of support arms used in the torsion level cars and the other cars in the ones that didn't have the torsion level?