need new control arms???

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  1. vern

    vern Member

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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Looks complete to me. Only other thing that wears is the steering linkage.
     
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    You're better off changing the control arms too, it's easier & quicker doing the rebuild, and the arms get weakened with age anyway. And they cost just a few dollars more than buying a kit with just the bushings and ball joints. Steer clear of using hard bushings on the strut rods though. Lots of guys on Stangnet ended up with broken rods with the poly bushings. Using a kit like that and doing it with the front cap and engine off and out of the car is a breeeze, takes about 2 hours to do the whole front end.
     
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    Baddad This is a full suspension kit including all new upper and lower control arms with rivited ball joints just wanted to get others opinion's on this set to make sure I am not missing any other bushings and whatnot..
     
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    Looks like everything to me except for the springs.
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    looks like a good price...(y)

    i would suggest...cutting the rivits in the top ball joint and replacing them with bolts...
    this would make replacing the ...ball joints...a lot easier next time.:yup:

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