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TonyStarkz 06-23-2006 04:35 AM

Ok so all 3 bolts holding my control arm to the body of the car in front of the pass. rear wheel
 
fell off last night. Lets just say I wasn't happy since I just had the car aligned about 2-3 weeks ago and I think they loosened them and never tightened them back. Oh what joy.

stilljester 06-23-2006 04:44 AM

I'm hoping you did discover this at 70mph - Any damage?

TonyStarkz 06-23-2006 04:59 AM

luckily the final bolt came out at around 15 mph right before an hess gas station...
 
I didn't notice any damage.

TTagz 06-23-2006 05:35 AM

do you mean the nuts on the ball joint that attach it to the control arm?
 
or the 2 bolts that attach the control arm to the subframe? The former would be expected for an alignment, but not the latter. Hope nothing was damaged, though that seems pretty unlikely. Take it up with the shop, there's a good chance your strut or even the strut tower of the chassis was damaged.

joe@vwvortex 06-23-2006 05:37 AM

Three REAR holding the trailing arm to the body - loosen to adjust toe

TTagz 06-23-2006 05:42 AM

ah, thanks for the clarification...
 
now I'd be worried about tweaking the trailing arms.

TonyStarkz 06-23-2006 06:03 AM

your right..the trailing arm. They definately loosened them then huh?

TonyStarkz 06-23-2006 06:04 AM

wow...I really hope not. I mean it didn't slam down; I just felt the wheel turn and I made it..
 
right into the Hess as it started to drag.

TonyStarkz 06-23-2006 06:06 AM

BTW if anyone remembers my whole Kmac bushing being destroyed thing...
 
The shop says that over torquing it could not have caused that because the bolt would have hit the barrel and it wouldn't cause the bushings to push out like that. Sounds logical. They are saying now that the other side is wearing away too but not as fast as the passenger side did. I emailed KMAC to get info on the warranty. I hope I don't end up having to buy all new bushings again.

joe@vwvortex 06-23-2006 01:11 PM

Most likely as thats how you adjust toe on the rear


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