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02-25-2005, 10:29 AM

Blain

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Control arm bushings

Looks like one of mine is bad i'm wondering if any one has ever just replaced the bushings NOT the whole assembly, they are expensive and if so the labor involved?

02-25-2005, 10:48 AM

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Bushings are cheap, labor is expensive. If you can take the arm out yourself and bring it and the new bushings to a machine shop it will be cheap. If you have to have a mechanic take the arm out it's gonna be expensive.

02-25-2005, 10:53 AM

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i replaced my bushings, labor wise its not that bad, and having the right tools help..

03-01-2005, 09:57 AM

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Did you burn the old ones out? or drill them?

Also did you use energy suspension parts?

03-01-2005, 11:00 AM

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i burned mine out..

03-01-2005, 11:18 AM

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What does it cost to replace the whole control arm? Is this an easy/semi-easy DYI? Time???

My right wheel is back compared to my left (front) because of an accident, and the body shop wants $200 to pull it (straighten it out). What say ye?

03-01-2005, 11:31 AM

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The LCA is steel. I'd be very weary of a shop that claimed they could straghten your LCA.

The bushings are cheap. Labor is an advanced DYI procedure. I burned them out. Just put 'em back in last night.

03-01-2005, 02:33 PM

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I have seen control arms on ebay for around 60-70 bucks. I ended up just buyign a new control arm all together, since I dont have the tools to replace the bushings. The new control arm comes with the new bushing, and new bal joint already pressed in, so I just saved myself the headache of doing the bushings, and went with the entire arm.