Control Arm Replacement at our Frostproof shop

A soft bushing is mostly a handling and tire wear problem, and people drive on them for a while without drama. A loose ball joint is a different story, because that's the part holding the wheel to the car, and we treat it as work you shouldn't put off. We'll tell you plainly which one you have.

On many vehicles the bushing and ball joint are pressed in and are only sold with the arm, so the whole assembly is the only path. Even when parts are available separately, press labor can cost more than the complete arm, and you'd still be reusing the older pieces around it. We compare both and quote the one that makes sense for your car.

Not automatically. Unlike dampers, control arms often wear at different rates because of impacts and which side sees the rough edge of the road. We check both, and if the other side is still solid we leave it alone and tell you what we saw.

No, and that's worth checking before you buy parts. Sway bar links, strut mounts and worn end links make similar noises, and some of them are much less expensive to fix. If you don't already know what's making the sound, start with a diagnostic visit and we'll pin the noise down first.