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[vinuneuro]

The balljoint in the lateral lower control arm is fixed. There's no balljoint in the radius arm/tension strut. That one's balljoint is in the knuckle.

Still, it's extremely cheap to have a bushing pressed in, so if the balljoint in one of the lateral arms develops play, change the whole arm at that point. No point in spending an extra $60 now when a part is fine.

Btw, the radius arm is $160 v. $40 for just the bushing.

[footsurg]

Originally Posted by vinuneuro

The balljoint in the lateral lower control arm is fixed. There's no balljoint in the radius arm/tension strut. That one's balljoint is in the knuckle.

Still, it's extremely cheap to have a bushing pressed in, so if the balljoint in one of the lateral arms develops play, change the whole arm at that point. No point in spending an extra $60 now when a part is fine.

Btw, the radius arm is $160 v. $40 for just the bushing.

According to the parts diagram, there is one ball joint that is not fixed. It looks like it plugs into the end of the tension strut, and is fully removable. Looks like there may be a fixed ball joint in the wishbone however. I keep reading that worn sway bars links are the primary reason for clunking in the front suspension while going over bumps at low speed. Do you agree with this?