Control arms

[Paul Gable <pdgable@xxxx>]

Hi Daniel,
It simply breaks my heart to hear of your troubles. And I mean it. Just a
while ago when I got my Gremmie in an accident, it was a tough time for me.
I'm glad to hear that you plan to stick it out and fix that classic piece of
American iron. Anyway, as a person that has had just that type of work done
on his car, I can assure you that you need to get as many estimates as
humanly possible as mechanics will rip you off especially on suspension work
as lets face it, none of us maintains or knows much about control arms and
such so they will generally take us to the cleaners. I ended up spending
about 300 bucks on just the work you are talking about but I did not think
to get other estimates. Don' t make the ame mistake.
Peace
Paul

Daniel Modlin wrote:

> From: Daniel Modlin <dmodlin@xxxx>
>
> Paul Gable wrote:
> >
> > From: "Paul Gable" <pdgable@xxxx>
> >
> > Hi there Daniel,
> > As official moderator of the only AMC Gremlin mailing list I'd like
> > to personally welcome you to the Gremlintime list!!! For anyone that
> > doesn't know, Daniel is the owner of an absolutely beautiful 73 X.
> > Daniel, I understand you got in an accident. Is that true? DId you
> > need any help with parts. I'd be glad to help in any way possible.
> > Peace
> > Paul
> >
>
> Er, well, once beatiful. The best I can hope for is to have everything
> straigtened out and primered. New paint will be too much $$$. And it
> turns out that in the first accident, I bent the idler arm bracket.
> Simple enough, I think I can can manage that myself. But the mechanic
> also says that all the control arm bushing are worn out, in addition to
> two other bushings whose names I can't remember. I plan to replace the
> idler arm and bracket, install a sway bar, replace the shocks, and
> replace every bushing I can (ie: strut rods,) however the control arm
> ones are beyond my capability. What is the consensus on a fair labor
> rate for this job (the control arm bushings only)?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Daniel Modlin
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