mancini tube upper control arm failure....
Figured I'd post this photo for the members who are saying that the weld is broken because the arm got bent. This is an upper arm we run locally at the circle track on a protruck(84 buick regal chassis) this bend is from impacting another trucks rear tire. this arm is welded in the same fashion as every other tubular control arm. this arm bent in such a form that the ball joint mount is actually stretched but the welds are intact. Whether the car hit a curb or not that doesn't explain why both would be broken.
Figured I'd post this photo for the members who are saying that the weld is broken because the arm got bent. This is an upper arm we run locally at the circle track on a protruck(84 buick regal chassis) this bend is from impacting another trucks rear tire. this arm is welded in the same fashion as every other tubular control arm. this arm bent in such a form that the ball joint mount is actually stretched but the welds are intact. Whether the car hit a curb or not that doesn't explain why both would be broken.