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Old 07-30-2007   #11
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Nothing wrong with the control arms. It sounded to me like he wanted more labor to replace everything than just the bushings. He mentioned that it was easier to replace the whole thing than just the bushings. My take is he wants more $$$ thru labor.
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Old 07-30-2007   #12
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Nothing wrong with the control arms. It sounded to me like he wanted more labor to replace everything than just the bushings. He mentioned that it was easier to replace the whole thing than just the bushings. My take is he wants more $$$ thru labor.
I'm sorry to hear that. The control arms should last a lot longer than 14K miles. Imagine if you had to replace all of them twice as often as your tires!
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Old 07-30-2007   #13
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Sounds like it's time for new bushings, the vette catalogs carry them all, poly or standard. Personnaly I'd go with the poly. There's even a variety that has graphite impregnated poly. (less chance of squeeking)

Your mechanic should be able to replace the bushings only.
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The bushings on the dogbones (two rods you see in front of the wheel ) wear out on these. Replaced mine with poly also, quiet a s a mouse. Also when you replace the rear bearing assy check the thin washer (I know theres another name for this part) that fits behind the bearing assy. Its responsible for some clicking noises you might get once in awhiole.

I didnt find this out til after I replaced my wheel bearings, someone said, " Hey did you know youre supposed to..."
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Old 08-06-2007   #14
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This mechanic says he'd rather replace arms and bushings together but he can't find the arms. He says that it's much more labor intensive to replace bushings only. This doesn't sound right. How hard is it to replace the rear bushings?
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Old 08-06-2007   #15
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This mechanic says he'd rather replace arms and bushings together but he can't find the arms. He says that it's much more labor intensive to replace bushings only. This doesn't sound right. How hard is it to replace the rear bushings?
Actually he's right, it is more labor intensive to replace the bushings. When you replace the bushings you have to take the control arms out of the car, remove the bushings from the arms, install the new bushings and then reinstall the arms. New arms generally come with the bushings already installed.

The part I find strange is that you have a mechanic who wants to do less work, it's usually the other way around.

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Old 08-07-2007   #16
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Your mechanic is wasting your moeny.,Good luck on finding complete arms. Just replace th bushings, its not that bad. If he has a press he can get it done.
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Why do you need new control arms? I'm missing something.
GM does not sell busings. Their solution is to sell a new suspension piece.
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Your mechanic is wasting your moeny.,Good luck on finding complete arms. Just replace th bushings, its not that bad. If he has a press he can get it done.

He is wasting your money by trying to buy the original GM pieces. The cost for one dog bone will be more than the bushing kit.
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