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| d7n7master |
 Mar 13 2003, 03:38 PM
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Gary#  Group: Members Posts: 663 Joined: 13-March 03 From: The O.C, Ca. Member No.: 421  |
The other day while (luckily) pulling into a parking lot in my '73 914-4 I heard a metallic sound, the car dropped to the ground & skidded to a stop. When I got out of the car to see what had happened I saw that the front left tire was at an angle & the front fender was damaged and resting on the tire. When I looked closer I could see that the A-Arm had cracked around the ball joint and had scrapped along the parking lot for a few feet. I had the car towed home. Now I want to repair my car with the best parts available. I would appreciate any & (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) all suggestions.
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| Mueller |
Mar 13 2003, 04:39 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,155 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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Brand new A-arms would be nice...heck, you got 20 someodd years of use from the original units (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Are they NOS or rebuilt units? I'd replace both sides for a little piece of mind. Replacing all of the hardware with brand new items would also be nice, but is it available? Is it in your budget? I have not heard of the hardware failing, but it could happen. One would think that lug bolt failure would be common since these are stressed the most and touched the most of any of the regular bolts on the car. I have not heard of these bolts failing. Depending on the price of new units, I'd go with new unless too costly, the next best step would be to find a set of used A-arms and strip them down and inspect them. One could also add re-enforcment to the A-arms for a little extra comfort. Mike |
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d7n7master A-Arm Replacement Mar 13 2003, 03:38 PM
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