Grand Master
Pics of bad front control arms taken from the wagon this weekend
A ball joint tool was used, so no picklefork beating was involved. The aluminum lower ball joints were shot:
shot lower arms
The uppers were a completely different story. The PO told me that he had them installed and they were not preloaded. By the time he figured it out, they had already been worn. The car clunked badly when braking:
SHOT upper arms
Green Beret Special Ops
thats some pretty ugly stuff!
95 E34 530I V2.37
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
5-10 Grand Master
Nah,
Just PB Blast them to get the bushings out and press them in new arms, good to go!
Grand Master
Oh my gawd....ON JILL'S NEW CARPET TOO!!!!!
He,he,he...
Grand Master
Good to break her in now...
My mother suffered years of aggrevation from cleaning car parts in the kitchen sink, strange fumes from the basement welder, using the oven to slowly bake glued parts and similar transgressions.
Best to let Jill know now that this is a lifestyle and to just suck it up and get used to it.
You go Scott. If you need some more car parts to pack out the linen closet, I'm sure Martin and I can ship some your way.
Originally Posted by Jr ///M5
Bellevue WA
90 535iM - not much stock remains. 3.7 liters, ported head, cammed, 3.73 diffy, M5 brakes, MAFed, yadda yadda yadda
86 Porsche 951 - Track Toy
Grand Master
Lol.....
sorry guys, that was the old carpet that got moved to the garage....but I can try the new carpet and see what happens....
Last edited by Scott H; 11-14-2005 at 08:07 PM.
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