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I had a horrible creaking from the passenger side & a friend was looking in there saying it was a control arm bushing. I wanted to get a peek at it last time I was under my car a week ago, but forgot & didn't want to get into the mechanic's way.
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I highly doubt your control arm bushings are FUBAR unless you relentlessly abuse your car. The easiest way to check is to jack up the car (on the lower control arm to keep the suspension loaded) remove the wheel on the corner in question, unbolt and separate the ball joint from the knuckle and check to see if there is any lateral (side to side) play in the control arm. If you don't mind greasing them ever few months or when they get noisy you can always get the softer durometer poly and it will not impact the ride in a noticeable fashion. If you do that I would get the CS bushings for ease of greasing.
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I highly doubt your control arm bushings are FUBAR unless you relentlessly abuse your car. The easiest way to check is to jack up the car (on the lower control arm to keep the suspension loaded) remove the wheel on the corner in question, unbolt and separate the ball joint from the knuckle and check to see if there is any lateral (side to side) play in the control arm. If you don't mind greasing them ever few months or when they get noisy you can always get the softer durometer poly and it will not impact the ride in a noticeable fashion. If you do that I would get the CS bushings for ease of greasing.
Thanks.