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Old Oct 11, 2011 | 06:57 PM
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Lower control arms question.

I have a bit of a list of repairs I need to make on my 8 and among them are the bearings in "both" the lower control arms.

I had my 8 checked out and they told me that the bearings were torn in both of the lower control arms.

I always thought that there were 4 of them, but now I'm curious to see if the rx8 only has 2, or maybe the shop didn't specify what both means.

Anyways now I'm a bit lost on how I'm going to replace them.
Can anybody explain this to me?

(Is a visual person pictures would be perfect)
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 10:54 AM
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Try this: http://foxed.ca/rx7manual/2003mazdarx8/
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Not bearings......there are bushings in there......do you have any symptoms? Or are they looking for a make work project?
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Old Oct 12, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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Oops sorry bushings is correct. They seem to be torn a bit. So it could be just them wanting to make some money.
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