So my CABs are toast. I can hear nothing but squeeking and clunking when i come to a stop or when I accelerate. Should I just buy CABs or new control arms? I have 67k on my car right now, lowered with CM springs.

 

Preferably both.

 

How do you know it's the cabs?

 

Are you referring to the leading or trailing end CABs? I had my trailing CABs go, and it ended up being better for me to just press out the old ones and replace with the heavier duty Powell ones.

 

I get a really bad clunk all the time. its only audible if im driving slow. I also get a clunk when I stop or accelerate.

There is also a CAB Test, if you turn your wheel and kick it it shouldn't move. well mine moves like 2-3 inches. CABs are toast.

I was honestly unaware there is more than 1. I figured the ones OTTP sells were the "bushings" but I don't care much for OTTP and they say out of stock anyway.

 

End links are fine?

 

Yep. Usually people on here are referring to the trailing spherical ones.

Here is a set of control arms, the left and right in this picture being the driver side and passenger side respectively, with the top being the front of the car. In this picture you can see the leading CABs on the insides and trailing CABs at the bottom.




Close-up of a leading CAB:




What a torn trailing CAB looks like:

 

Yep, replaced with Moog endlinks a few months ago.



Ah that makes sense, then yes the trailing CAB is what im referring to

 

You must be extremely careful when pressing out the TCABs. If you don't press it out straight, you may ruin the arm. It's easiest to just buy the arms with everything installed straight from John Powell.

 

The moog ones can come loose...double check them. Otherwise ya see if you can look at your CAB's, they usually tear and make some noise, but I thought the stock ones would last a while..unless you beat on your car..then I can easily see that being the reason, hahah.

 

Wheel hop will obliterate them

 

ok I will get under there and re torque them before I buy new CABs. I dont beat on my car on the day to day, and have only went to the track 1 time since ive owned it. but i bought it used with 53k miles so i dont know what the previous owner did.

 

Do you know how much they cost Wang? i tried emailing but I get no response.

 

The race cabs are like $250? I have a set actually new in box.....

 

Which email did you use?

 

are you selling them? lol

 

I used gloria's email.

 

Hmm. She usually responds same day.

 

odd you did not get a reply I wonder if it went to junk mail. email me john@powellraceshop we can do arms and bushings for a good deal, not even CED can match the price lol

 

when should u replace these, i never looked into this mod is it more for security and autoX? or just better to upgrade to these when the factory go bad?

 

factory cabs go bad fast pretty much. good luck

 

install those on Rose

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those are dangerous in the extreme on the trailing position, if you search on here you can see some pretty scary photos show what can happen.

 

no problem so far.

it was on my 2,2 ion for 130k km. i put just on driver side to test it on my tc.

i can understand you want sell part. but that was just my opinion about control arm bushing.