[Shotimes] control arms question

[D Potter]

Plastic endlinks that are not torqued to spec will knock in the strut mount
hole. Don't think the swaybar end will do this as the hole is smaller.


DP



----- Original Message -----
From: "Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes" <MidwestSHOspecialists@hotmail.com>
To: "BEN WILMARTH" <BENSLINEX@msn.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] control arms question


> Not quite Ben.  The parts you are referring to are your sway bar endlinks,
> and they can be the source of a knock, however I have never heard one of
the
> plastic ones knock.
>
> The control arms are 4 stamped pieces of metal on the rear suspension that
> connect the wheel/ knuckle to the center of the car.
>
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BEN WILMARTH" <BENSLINEX@msn.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 7:26 PM
> Subject: [Shotimes] control arms question
>
>
> > I bought a bunch of suspension pieces from ShoShop and the control arms
> were
> > part of it. I'm still pretty new as far as knowing anything about cars
and
> > their parts, but aren't the control arms the pieces that connect to the
> front
> > sway bars, they are about a foot long or so and made of hard white
> plastic? If
> > so one of them seems to be bad (giving a little too much when pushed on)
> once
> > I put the sho up on the rack. Will this be part of my many clunking
noises
> > coming from underneath? Also when I bought them I thought they were
> shoshop's
> > own.
> > Thanks Ben
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