4th gen front lower control arms.
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- ccckeeper
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4th gen front lower control arms.
Can these be removed without using a spring compressor?
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- prodgers69
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
No need for spring compressors to remove the front lower control arms, the springs/shock absorbers are one unit, replaced mine last month.
- ccckeeper
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
Thanks I was hoping to hear that, didn't want to hit a snag as the car is my daily driver
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- ccckeeper
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
Has anyone changed the front lower control arm bushes. How easy are they to remove do i need a fly press or can i get away with a vice. Any tips would be appreciated as cant afford car to be off the road more than a day.
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
not done one but a press would be easier at least
- ccckeeper
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
what a bitch of a job to remove the control arm. Cant believe you need to unbolt the steering rack just to get the front bolt out.
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- ccckeeper
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
All done but still got wheel judder, im now starting to suspect that the new EBC disc is warped. Anyone had problems with EBC discs before?
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- ccckeeper
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
All fixed now had to buy another new disc basically the new EBC disc was machined incorrectly on the inside face from new, basically the pad was only using half the disc ie only touching for 180° of the rotation, the outside face was ok. Nice one EBC.
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- prodgers69
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
Don't I know it, replaced my control arm, a few months ago, replaced with BMR tubular arms, nice design, putting the front bolt there, took me about an hour to do one side, two days for the other side, rear bolt just refused to come out...ccckeeper wrote:what a bitch of a job to remove the control arm. Cant believe you need to unbolt the steering rack just to get the front bolt out.
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Re: 4th gen front lower control arms.
I've had EBC brake pads and discs before and the pads crumbled, not well made at all :-s
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