Warning - Broken control arm bolt!

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Originally Posted by CTScott

I ran into my old ones today and did a comparison with a set of new ones (I always keep some on hand in case someone comes by that hasn't had them replaced yet).

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My old ones, which had about 25,000 miles and 4 Winters on them just had light surface rust on the threads and very light surface rust at the base of the head. The interesting thing that I did notice is different markings on the head. In theory, this would mean a different bolt strength class, but according to the service manual, for a bolt with an included washer, either one or two marks means that the bolt is a class 6T bolt.

At least, if nothing more, the changed markings allow one to easily tell if they have new ones (old left, new right):

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Can I have them? They look OK to me?

Seems like everybody could R&R these bolts themselves, check them out, and replace them if need be.

If a quart of water comes out when you remove it, yeah, thats something that should be on the yearly to do list.