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In Reply to: Thanks old. Does he have to grind the old weld, CBS [Profile/Gallery] , Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:37

I would be surprised if the tripod bearing wasn't trashed, but you never know until you look. At 60mph I would bet the tripod bearing, the inner boot and the lower A arm are in need of replacement. The other part is the inner driver, the cup that the tripod bearing sits in. We just hurt two of them at the latest Lemons race at speed, my brother's unit detailed below was also damaged and it was a backing up speed.

As to the A arm, if you got a *new* replacement and not a *used* replacement then you should be ok. We got a *used* replacement (and nothing wrong with that generally) for my brothers car, and two years later it did the backing up and broke thing... I started laughing, his car is a 1990 and we replaced the upper, lower, and knuckle all with used, as the previous owner had hit a curb at speed and bent all of them, sold the car to us because the repair at the dealer (doing it "by the book") was expensive, supposed to remove the engine to do the drivers side upper A arm (we knew a different way)... Anyway it should not have broken on a 1990 but since it was a *used* replacement we figured it was from a 1987ish model. If your guy is a welder he most likely will clean the area with a high speed wire brush or grinder and be able to see the area that needs some help. Still don't have pictures, sorry!

• $370 for lower control arm labor & align?n/m, CBS , Tue, 27 May 2008 09:26:45
  • Ha! $600+ for rear glass (rear window for 3D hatch), Siegfried, Tue, 27 May 2008 10:23:16
    • Zig: Try $20 for entire rear hatch, same color., RayF, Tue, 27 May 2008 10:50:43
      • Ray, I'm to add extra 2x ($1300+$1000) for shipping, Siegfried, Tue, 27 May 2008 11:30:59
        • Zig, what were those 9000 parts you asked for?, RayF, Wed, 28 May 2008 05:34:31
          • Ray, that'd be very appreciated, Siegfried, Wed, 28 May 2008 07:37:52
            • Zig, maybe an indy has a 9000 to pull from., RayF, Wed, 28 May 2008 10:00:57
              • Ray, it's not of xreme emergency, Siegfried, Wed, 28 May 2008 12:17:26
  • compare that to $60 and free labor if you DIY, Austin Underwood, Tue, 27 May 2008 10:07:01
    • But I have to consider the $150 for tow up to my garage, CBS , Tue, 27 May 2008 12:13:06
      • Re: But I have to consider the $150 for tow up to my garage, oldsaab, Tue, 27 May 2008 14:29:22
        • Where to weld??, Sam Elm, Thu, 29 May 2008 05:17:38
          • Re: Where to weld??, oldsaab, Thu, 29 May 2008 09:13:10
            • Excellent resource - Thanks!!, Sam Elm, Thu, 29 May 2008 11:59:01
          • Re: Where to weld??, CBS , Thu, 29 May 2008 08:39:15
        • Thanks old. Does he have to grind the old weld, CBS , Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:37
          • Re: Thanks old. Does he have to grind the old weld, oldsaab, Wed, 28 May 2008 14:54:35 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Got milk? (C), Siegfried, Tue, 27 May 2008 13:31:21
      • Re: But I have to consider the $150 for tow up to my garage, Austin Underwood, Tue, 27 May 2008 13:11:15

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