Advice on Lower Control Arm damage & repair

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

FYI when I had my diff drop brackets installed I opted for new upper ball joints & my mechanic installed MOOG life-time guaranteed "made in USA" ones. The only thing I kinda was disappointed with is they have the zerks so unlike the factory ones you gotta grease them on occassion. Yeah, I know, I got lazy with the original ones being no maintenance,,,lol.

[nfpgasmask]

Nice! Glad you didn't have to go hacking into the frame!

Bart

[Triathlete]

Sue...did the shop use a press to remove/install the lower bushings or did they use some other voodoo method?

[VX KAT]

Sue...did the shop use a press to remove/install the lower bushings or did they use some other voodoo method?

We decided to leave the existing ones in place, said they were in great condition. I set it up as an overnight appt, so they weren't trying to rush it all in one day. I've got 84k now.

I've got the set of brand new bushings for the driver side from Merlin if anybody's intersted. I paid around $43 for both.

[Gizmo42]

[LittleBeast]

Awesome News!!!!!

[VX KAT]

Yeah for sure! Would be even sweeter if jerko would pay me to help cover thi$ expen$e...

[H3_VX]

Awesome! I'm happy for you Sue.

[Gizmo42]

If you can figure out the size, get some Prothane boots and install those.

http://prothane.com/installation-pro...l-joint-boots/

installed MOOG life-time guaranteed "made in USA" ones

MOOG arent made in the USA. They source their parts from several different companies depending on who can meet their requirements at the time for the right price. One of those companies for ball joints is Sankai/555 which is Japanese. They are very good parts.

The only thing I kinda was disappointed with is they have the zerks so unlike the factory ones you gotta grease them on occassion.

Only person in the world disappointed by having greasable ball joints.