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Control Arm Should I replace?

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GregM
Posts: 13
Joined: 5 February 2011
Year and Model: 855 Turbo 1994
Location: Minneapolis, MN

Re: Control Arm Should I replace?

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EstVolvo wrote:It is hard to tell from your video since you are spinning it around and moving the whole control arm up and down. I need a reference point. I would replace it if I could feel ANY slack up and down or left and right. You have to grab the ball joint and the control arm an feel if they move as one. Once they start going bad they get worse quickly.
Where in Minneapolis are you fixing your car?
I'm in south Minneapolis. The OEM replacement doesn't seem to cost prohibitive so I'll order it tomorrow...Thanks, Greg
1994 Black on Black 850 Turbo Wagon. Miles? Odometer quit at 150K miles.
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