hi md, thanx for all the advice, and I apologize if my naming is not up to par, but I'm still learning all the names of the different parts, so please bear with me.
The part you refer to as the lower control arm, the one I thought was the A arm, i think i got that from the service manual, Fastlane has it listed for $232, are you sure this is the right part? If it was $60 I would be more then happy to get a new one, but $232 is a bit steep for a student like me
This is why I'm asking all these questions about replacing the bushings, I guess it would be much easier to just get the whole arm along with all the other parts, but I still have to compress the spring to install the new part, and that's another challange.
Then the wheel carrier is even more expencive but I will call a few junk yards to see if they have anything to offer, I could not identify the part on
www.car-part.com so I don't know how much they would as for it.
One day I'll have this problem fixed for sure, but it seems like I'm a long way from that day.
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