Advice on Lower Control Arm damage & repair

[Buffy]

Sue,

I did the exact same thing to my race truck the last race of the year. I heated the part circled in red and "gently" tapped it in place with a 5 pound hammer. Now something that has not been mentioned here is this would be an awesome opportunity to do an SAS on your VX. Ditch all the torsion bars and IFS stuff and find a Dana 44. You could do a leaf spring front and have nice articulation with minimal install labor going the leaf route.

Just a different idea.....

Greg

[nfpgasmask]

Hammering the piece back to where it belongs is actually not a bad idea. That is, if it is indeed out of whack. If it bent at all, I would say it is minimal, so heat it up orange hot and hammer it back into position. I think with a straight lower control arm, you will find out if it is bent a little. I think getting the LCA to line up right will be difficult, making the damage apparent.

Bart

PS - SAS....SAS....SAS....always a novel idea, but I have yet to see a good looking SAS on ANY Isuzu....but this is just me. Things get a little funny looking with a SAS, IMO.