Inner Tie Rods/Lower Ball joints
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 3,759
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I recently did this job on mine. its not all that hard, there is an excellent write up on the forum. with boatloads of pics. Bluewasp was the one who did it I believe. very helpfull.
I will second the opinion of buying the moog balljoints, I bought the cheap ones and they are too large to fit in control arms, bought the moogs and popped right in.
I will second the opinion of buying the moog balljoints, I bought the cheap ones and they are too large to fit in control arms, bought the moogs and popped right in.
Though, I don't know if C4's have a problem with that hole getting larger. I know on my Firebird, I've had the ball joints fall apart while going down the road and the control arm was laying in the road. And recently I jacked up the control arm, and the ball joint popped out. So, that means the hole was enlarged. I could of tried a larger ball joint, but who knows how long that would last. So, I got a control arm from the junk yard and plan to press in a Mood ball joint.
What cheap bushings are you guys using?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,269
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From: Ottawa Ontario
Considering their normal shop rate is $100/hr and I had already farted around with the hand press for 3+ hours the previous day - $60 was a bargain. Additionally, they're a busy shop and I walked in that morning without an appointment and picked up the finished parts after work that day.
