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deep pocket vs. regular lower control arms
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Tue Apr 18, 2017 1:57 pmby chevyart
i have heard that is possible for the front coil springs to come out of the shallow pocket on the 71-74 vegas, and that is why GM changed to the deep pockets in 1975. has anyone ever seen or heard of this happening?. im just curious. I have deep pocket control arms in my 75 vega. thanks art
Re: deep pocket vs. regular lower control arms
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Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:04 amby cosvega76
I'd not heard that before, Art.
Chuck
Re: deep pocket vs. regular lower control arms
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Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:51 amby nutt
That's never gonna happen. I'd bet GM engineers just wanted a longer spring in there for obvious reasons.
Re: deep pocket vs. regular lower control arms
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Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:04 amby cjbiagi
The shock is going to limit how far the A arms can swing and therefore I don't see anyway the spring can pop out. I agree, it's probably just a matter of being able to install a longer spring.