broke my control arm

[KFLO 93 GT]

Heh, these control arms on our cars aren't all that tough by any means. With the rust fatigue and some weak/sloppy rubber bushings I can totally see enough deflection and bending occur to break one.

Bummer that it happened, but rust seems to be the prime killer of these cars nowadays. Glad to hear you fixed yours and I hope you get it all sorted out. You have a very sharp car with some nice modifications.

[91retta]

well i fixed the control arm but still trying to find all the problems from it lol. thanks for all the help everyone. i think im going to rip the front end off and start new, winter is here soon anyways so why not.

[Money pit Beretta]

Cool man, keep updating!

[3X00-Modified]

It's nice to start with new and clean parts that you know are solid and rust free.

This is what I pulled out of Pinky...


This is what i put back in.


Side by side



All of those parts were not new, but I had a newer condition set of rails and control arms that I cleaned up really good and then painted them. I also cleaned a decent 94 Z swaybar and used that. Only new parts on that setup would be the swaybar bushings, Endlinks, and poly front control arm bushings

[Vampcrist]

Now I don't think my front is that bad but it looks similar if you went and got them blasted and whatnot would they have been able to go back on? Just wondering for when I get all my stuff this winter because I was figuring that I could just get them a little sandblasted and get a rust stop flat black primer and then paint them.

[weba]

Nothing like bending control arms...



Mine even wasn't rusty, i just tightened the Konis bit stiffer...

[Money pit Beretta]

Ouch Weba. You are always pushing the limit.
Nice work 3X00.
Hey Vampcrist don't forget to spray some used oil inside if you can.