Floppy control arm
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Floppy control arm
So this weekend i gave my girl all new ball joints. While installing however I noticed my upper control arm/ A arm whatever you will.....on my passenger side flopped about freely. I could easily manipulate it up and down. Now on the driver side it was different. It appeared to be spring loaded. The upper arm would always return to center if I let go of it. My assumption is that this is how both of them should operate. So my question is what exactly do you think is wrong with my passenger side? Both cam bolts seemed to be in good health with a visual inspection while still mounted. Is there in fact a spring mounted in there somewhere? I would think it relies on the bushings to achieve this springy state....
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their is definitely not a spring in the upper control arm mount, its just a bushing. The reason the one springs back to one spot is because it is used to being in that position over time. I believe vista is correct that the bolts are probably not torqued all the way. My old bushings acted like youre drivers side. When i put new bushings in and torque the bolts the arms move with friction but dont spring back to any position.
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