Control Arm woes, cont.

Wayne Cox wmc20@dnaco.net
Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:06:21 -0500


After a hellish weekend fighting with my rear suspension to replace a bent
control arm, I finally threw in the towel Sun night and gave up.

Today I was able to find a machine shop to fix it up.  They torched off the
nut end, sliced the center of the bolt with a cutoff wheel, and put some
more heat on it and pounded out the two sections of bolt - Cool!  Sort of
aggravating though, I should have been able to pull off the same thing in
my garage.

Now I find out I'm STILL SCREWED.  I torched out the rubber bushing on the
good arm during my efforts to remove it.  I'd been in Advance Auto last
week, and their computer listed something that appeared to be a bushing kit
for the car.  Today I go back and there is no such friggin' thing!  So I'm
still short one arm.

Anyone know a source for rear control arm bushings, besides Energy Suspension?

   -Thanks,   Wayne Cox