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Re: YELLOW control arms: What's the deal?

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Subject: Re: YELLOW control arms: What's the deal?
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:42:43 -0400
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Dan,
It was always my understanding that the arms were yellow when assembled 
and were brush-painted black after assembly which is the reason why on 
most cars the ends remained yellow.
-- 

jay fishbein
wallingford, ct <http://home.ix.netcom.com/%7Etype79/>

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Dan Gillitzer wrote:

>OK, so I'm getting some of the steering stuff in order now. Thanks for the
>comments and ideas for oiling the rack, still unsure how much to put in; when
>do I stop? Do I even attempt to remove the old stuff?
>And WHY oh why were my control arms (the short arms that bolt to the steering
>knuckle) painted yellow? I asked Biff to check out Ol Grey for me, he says
>they're black on his. Doesn't make sense, who would paint the control arms
>yellow and why? Almost has to be stock, but not that way on what I'd consider
>a real benchmark source. Any insight? I did take a few digital pictures of
>them. Unsure where to post them or if anyone would care to see anyways......
>Dan





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