Upper control arm
Upper control arm Anyone replaced their upper controls arms? If so, how difficult was it and did you need any special tools? I think my driver's side upper control arm is busted because I took a curb a while back and something "pops" when I turn the wheels hard at very low speed (i.e. pulling in and out of parking spaces). I'm trying to figure out if this is something to take on myself or let the pro's do it.
Staging Lane
Joined: Aug 2005
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It's fairly easy.
Support the car under the crossmember with a floor jack, or put the car on jackstands, supporting it by the subframes, put a jack under the lower a-arm,take off the wheel on that side, Unbolt the sway bar from the lower a-arm, unbolt the lower strut mount bolts. Let the jack lower the control arm all the way down. Now, unbolt the three upper strut mounting bolts -this is s slight pain in the butt, cause you probably will have to unbolt the brake master cyl. from the brake booster, and move it over out of the way to get to some of the bolts. They are Torx bolts, T-50 if I remember right.
Then the strut will come out. The upper control arm mounst between the top of the strut and the car body, so you can now take the upper a-arm out to replace it.
I might have left some out, but thats basically it
Support the car under the crossmember with a floor jack, or put the car on jackstands, supporting it by the subframes, put a jack under the lower a-arm,take off the wheel on that side, Unbolt the sway bar from the lower a-arm, unbolt the lower strut mount bolts. Let the jack lower the control arm all the way down. Now, unbolt the three upper strut mounting bolts -this is s slight pain in the butt, cause you probably will have to unbolt the brake master cyl. from the brake booster, and move it over out of the way to get to some of the bolts. They are Torx bolts, T-50 if I remember right.
Then the strut will come out. The upper control arm mounst between the top of the strut and the car body, so you can now take the upper a-arm out to replace it.
I might have left some out, but thats basically it
