Half ton van front suspension - the same as half ton truck?

[mechanic58]

I have a '92 half ton chevy van that has some damaged control arms on the passenger side. They look identical to the '73-'87 half ton chevy truck front suspension to me - can anyone confirm this? It would make my junkyard crawl a whole lot easier.

[bake74]

     I don not know for sure, but I just did a search on 2 different auto parts sites for suspension parts and the G10 did not match any of the C10's parts.  So I am going to say no, but I could be wrong.  You could go into your local part store and give them the years for both and see if they pull up the same part number.

[mechanic58]

Thanks for the reply, I did the same thing as well today and I did confirm that they are all the same. There is a different upper control arm and knuckle for the half ton trucks (and vans) with a heavy duty brake, but that's the only variable. Upper and lower control arms are the same between the G10 and C10.

[BADAZ chevy guy]

Numbers sometimes lie. A hood for a 1956 chevy with the V8 emblem will have a different part number then the same hood with a straight 6 emblem. If one of the parts you're looking at had a simple hole for a wire clip the numbers could be different.I've found a few parts guys who know this and are willing to pull parts for me so I can do a visual comparison.

[mechanic58]

If you go on rockauto.com and check the part number for an uppper control arm for a half ton chevrolet pickup ('73-'87) you'll find out it's the same part number for a half ton van from '73 all the way until they changed the bodystyle in the mid-90s. The lower is also the same. The difference between the vans and the pickups is the track width (different k member) and the tie rod assembly.