Topic: Lower control arms original

[petersixtfive]

Starting to restore a pair of lower control arms
Couple of pics of the first one after 24 hours in evaporust 2nd arm is in the evaporust now
Original ball joints have almost no signs of wear And will consider reusing them
May have to use repo boots as I can't find anything else to use
It appears that the boot retainer was zinc plated, on these arms anyway

[Bob Gaines]

Starting to restore a pair of lower control arms
Couple of pics of the first one after 24 hours in evaporust
Original ball joints have almost no signs of wear
Will consider reusing them
May have to use repo boots
It appears that the boot retainer was zinc plated, on these arms anyway

What engineering number is on the original boots?

[petersixtfive]

Bob
No engineering numbers on the boots
The only marking are LOWER and the number 56 and also the Roman numerals IX on one of the boots the other has 101 instead of 56

Arms were originals and the car is SJ fastback built June 65

Any suggestions for boots
they look ok in the photo but the side walls are perished and one has a nick in it

[jwc66k]

Looks good, however, Ford did not service the lower ball joint or boot separately for Mustangs, the entire lower arm was replaced. However, there is a boot shown as a lower ball joint replacement for 65 to 69 Mustangs, C7OZ-3A105-B, but I think it requires the ball joint to be removed to fit the boot. Check with Fred Ballard, flyingfred on this forum, to see if it's a good replacement and if he has any.
Jim

[Bob Gaines]

Looks good, however, Ford did not service the lower ball joint or boot separately for Mustangs, the entire lower arm was replaced. However, there is a boot shown as a lower ball joint replacement for 65 to 69 Mustangs, C7OZ-3A105-B, but I think it requires the ball joint to be removed to fit the boot. Check with Fred Ballard, flyingfred on this forum, to see if it's a good replacement and if he has any.
Jim

+1. Typically the lower Boot would have a C4 engineering number on the boot if assemblyline. The C4 boots aren't reproed yet. The C7 boots  (service replacement) look the same but have the different engineering number . It is hard to see when installed . The rivets have to come out to replace a correct looking boot and the retainer that holds the boot.I was looking through some of my pictures and found a no engineering number boot with lower printed on it used on a 64 date coded lower so it may be some came through that way. 

[Brant]

Bob
No engineering numbers on the boots
The only marking are LOWER and the number 56 and also the Roman numerals IX on one of the boots the other has 101 instead of 56

Arms were originals and the car is SJ fastback built June 65

Any suggestions for boots
they look ok in the photo but the side walls are perished and one has a nick in it

I've also seen lots of originals like the ones you have.



It's going to be tough to find new boots that are marked exactly like that.