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Old 08-22-2004, 11:55 PM
samiam4 samiam4 is offline
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Suspension parts- mileage only or age related?

Good evening folks,


The reason this has all come up is simple. My 86 has very low mileage- heck even the orginal rear suspension links are tight! Well, a front strut seems to have gone south and now I'm looking at what to replace.

Generally, I've replaced most of the parts when cars are 10-15 years old- but they are ussually pushing 200,000 miles. This one recently turned 80,000.

Checking today- lower ball joints seem pretty tight- will they go another??

If it was your car- what would you replace???

Struts, lower ball joints, idler arm bushing kit, boots, strut mounts, etc + the thrust and control arm struts which I believe don't last a long time.


Michael
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