Excellent and comprensive write up.

I am having front end shakes when appling moderate braking. My rotors & pads have been replaced. Formerly the sway bar bushings, lower ball joints, and shocks have been replaced. I currently have 288K on the car.

I will ask without ever changing the control arm bushings, Why replace the complete control arms and not just the bushings ? Is the price for the control arm near the bushings, making it not worth the hassle ??

Thanks,

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Gary
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'99 E300 295K, '83 300D 220K, '75 240D 185K sold
'80 MCI Bus Conv DD 6V92TA, w/4 cyl. Kubota diesel GenSet 12.5KW