Dissected some control arms….

[Lucas.ua]

Well I finally found out why these moog arms are just junk…..

Took one apart cause I wanted to mix and match some parts. Took an old moog control arm apart to figure out the best way to take some new ones apart without totally destroying them.

Lo and behold…..

The moog guts








I did damage the plastic a little while cutting the back off

You’d be amazed with how much fource they have to push in these almost 2mil thick cover plates!

The hardness of the arm itself in this area isn’t all that you’d expect or see on like a lemforder arm. Which I also am taking apart right now.

That plastic cup having to take on all of those forces for such a long time. I know they have to make money but this is just annoying.
Also putting all that effort into machining and tooling for the cap only to put a plastic cup on the back is almost an insult to the engineers of the cap.

Well hope you guys see what I mean and also can see why buying quality parts is so important.


Another one

Lemforder this time…

With a heavy heart I announce to you all. The plastic inside a brand new lemforder joint







Sad to see them go downhill. Still lasting longer then others but not what it used to be unfortunately
You can see that the grease itself can move around more in this design and the tolerances are tighter then a moog but still…