Control Arms
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Control Arms
I just purchased a 2007 LS460 base. Black with ivory. !00k Reading all the stories about the control arms and knowing that the ones on my car are original with 100k should I be worried about this.. I do not here and noises while driving my car. I assume they are ok at this time. What do you think?
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Worried? No. Just be aware.
So much has been made of this, but people don't realize, the rubber bushes which are in suspension/steering parts do wear out and things become noisy/sloppy over time.
I have a full set of urethane bushes I'm going to put into my front-end, and I likely won't have to touch them, again.
At 115K miles, I have a little bit of noise, but tire wear is normal and steering/suspension slop is non-existent.
So much has been made of this, but people don't realize, the rubber bushes which are in suspension/steering parts do wear out and things become noisy/sloppy over time.
I have a full set of urethane bushes I'm going to put into my front-end, and I likely won't have to touch them, again.
At 115K miles, I have a little bit of noise, but tire wear is normal and steering/suspension slop is non-existent.
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Mine were all fine with 87,000 miles. I just changed them because of all the noise on this forum. Cost for me was minimal, I never would’ve messed with them if it was going to be expensive since they weren’t even bad.
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I'll make certain to put a thin coating of silicone grease where it's going to rub on whatever and run with it.
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