Thread: Dorman parts any good?

I can cut off with a sawzall? I have an impact gun though. Do I just tighten them till I can't tighten them anymore or is there a certain torque spec? Or does the bolt and nut only tighten so far?

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You can cut them with about anything really. I used a pickle fork to seperate the one on my Cadi. The lower half was attached and the top half was gone. So I just stuck the pickle fork between the LCA and the bushing and pryed it off and it fell apart. Slipped the new one on and was done start to finish in less than 10 min.

What about torque specifications?

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heres a axle how to, it shows how to pop the ball joint. this is the easy way. http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-r...xle-39805.html

i got dorman lca's, they work just fine. you should change both sides tho, if one is shot the other is right behind it. at 40 bucks a pop they are cheap enough.

as far as how tight should the bolts be....tight as you can make them with hand tools, with out stripping them of course, just good and tight.

heres the lca swap how too. http://www.grandprixforums.net/how-c...rms-66203.html

Originally Posted by apierce1289

I need a lower left control arm for my car and was wondering if Dorman parts are any good and if you guys would buy them for your Grand Prix's? I can get the right and the left control arm for the same price I would pay for just one control arm at Advance Auto Parts.

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I work at a Consumer Auto Parts and used to work at advanced. Pretty much everything you get from these places are cheap and dont last for ****. Dorman being one of them but for the price of being able to replace most of them 3-5 times for the price of once at the dealer who can complain and most parts have 1 year to lifetime warrantys. If you want quality go to dealer or respectable performance dealers.If you want cheap go to places like advanced auto zone and cap. Allthough cap does tend to have some higher quality stuff like timken. moog is meh, ide use a timken bearing over moog anyday. but you get what you pay for. There are places like Gater auto parts that sell dealer parts at reduced cost though. Basicly all they do is have a bulk account setup with the dealer like any garage and gets parts for say 1/2-3/4 of price and then resales them for 10-20% less than dealer.

I just made my sway bar links real right. Specs are 17-26 ft lbs.

dont buy these at a parts store, they cost 70 or more there, when you can get 2 them on line for the same price almost. rock auto and partsgeek are both about 40 bucks a lca.

Do Dorman lca come pre lubed? I'm really concerned about the quality of these Dormans and them running out of grease :/

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the stock lca arms are the same, no grease fittings, and they lasted how long now? ive have my dormans for over a year easy now, still good.

dorman is about the best stock replacement your gonna get.. moogs would be a up grade over stock.

Don't mind me I'm just paranoid o_O

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Just ordered the $42 dormans, which is cheaper than the $270 each Canadian arms.

Originally Posted by Logan541

not to pick on ya scotty but you say you had them in over a year, BUT how many miles is what count's example I have a 1997 I bought new and it has 314,000 miles on it my parents have a 2001 PT cruiser the bought new and it has 25,000 miles on it so how long parts last is more about mileage and before you should ask yes I wonder too why my parents even have a car LOl

about 10,000 miles so far, did them when i had the trans swapped. swapped my old ones at 216,000 or so, give or take a few miles.

after changing every other part of the front end, the lca fixed my clunks.

id have to think if stock is good for 100,000 miles say, these should last as long as stock. side by side i bet you couldn't tell one from the other.

only think i don't like is no grease fitting for the ball joint. but niether does a stock lca. moog have that but cost more money.

and a lot of us use the dorman lca's. for the price they are worth it. like i said tho, dont pay 75 a side at a parts store. thats just crazy talk lol

if you can wait a week order them on line.

iirc last i saw they were in the high $60 dollar range to 70 plus a side. maybe they came down? or you got a good deal, add a discount code and save as well.

FWIW I used Dorman on my Regal. It's been 3 years and 55K. Still a happy camper!

Anyone know of any rockauto discount codes or where to get them?

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