The subject is sorta like saying its a lot easier to replace the whole head than to replace the valve guides.

I almost never see bushing problems on 201 or 124 cars. I see real problems with bushings on 202, 210, 140 and all the related models (208, 170) and will probably see them on 220, 211, 203 and 209 cars soon. If you look closely at the bushings you will see why.

The only reason to replace the control arm is that one is not tooled to do the job properly. We usually do the job on the car and the labor to do the bushings are less than to replace the arm. (this might not apply to 201 and 124 as they never need replacing and I can't remeber whther we do them on the car).

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Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician