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Aug 28, 2011 | 12:14 AM

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Lower control arm just snapped

Has anyone had a aftermarket lower control arm snap in to ?

Aug 28, 2011 | 12:18 AM

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Jesus christ! How in the world were you driving!? You gotta share some pics of this.

Aug 28, 2011 | 12:23 AM

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Whoa - nope

Aug 28, 2011 | 12:43 AM

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I was driving normal about 35 mph down a newly paved road.

Aug 28, 2011 | 12:44 AM

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I'll post pics soon .

Aug 28, 2011 | 12:58 AM

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At a weld or in the middle of one of the tubes ?

and the fact that you were doing 35mph the time means nothing, Its been breaking more and more for a while, that was just when it finnaly got to 100%

Aug 28, 2011 | 01:13 AM

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What brand were they?

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Aug 28, 2011 | 09:01 AM

lethal35thSS

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Let me make this clear the lower a-arm snapped.

Aug 28, 2011 | 09:24 AM

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Let me make this clear the lower a-arm snapped.

Yes I have heard of this. There are pictures of aftermarket a-arms failing at the welds for the bungs that hold the bushing ends, and the shock mount bending.

Aug 29, 2011 | 08:29 PM

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At first I thought you were talking about rears! I have heard of welds breaking on front control arms.

Aug 29, 2011 | 09:08 PM

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What brand and model?

Aug 29, 2011 | 09:16 PM

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After a lot of reading about aftermarket front lower control arms, I'm not impressed with any of them at all. They all have the same flaws, the same weaknesses. Better to just stick with stock lowers, IMO.

Aug 29, 2011 | 09:24 PM

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Aug 29, 2011 | 10:03 PM

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Lower a-arm snapped

Here's two pic's of the broken a-arm! Can you guess what brand?

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Aug 29, 2011 | 10:10 PM

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Aug 29, 2011 | 11:28 PM

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Looks like an older version, not sure who made that -- how long have you had it?

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Here's two pic's of the broken a-arm! Can you guess what brand?

Aug 30, 2011 | 12:17 AM

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2 things:

1) it was already 1/2 broken long enough ago that 1/2 the break seams to be rusted
2) its broken due to normal rotational forces

keep the new one greased and dont over torque the bolt. problem solved.