NAiLs00
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- Joined
- August 8, 2018
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- 48
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- City, State
- WI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2015 Explorer Sport
Over the winter, I've noticed that my 2015 Sport has been behaving strange on snowy surfaces - never noticed on dry or wet surfaces. I noticed that the rear end will not exactly follow the direction that I am asking it to go, which is just a wee bit aggraving in the snow. Basically you end up making constant micro adjustments to combat the swaying rear-end, hoping you don't mess up and overcorrect and put it in the ditch. I turn the wheel slightly left, and the rear travels right a little bit yet. Correct that by turning the wheel slightly right, but now it's going left.
I mentioned it to the dealership this morning (oil change), because I still did not have the sway bar recall checked out (no parts), but they checked it today and said that was not the case after looking at it. They informed me that both rear upper control arm bushings had a lot of play and needed to be replaced. They want $660 to do this and I do not have that kind of cash at the moment, so I'm either looking to do it myself or find a different mechanic that can do it for a more reasonable rate.
Bushings are something that I have never replaced, but am not 100% certain that these are replaceable on their own? Do I need to buy a whole new control arm with it pre-installed, or can I pretty easily swap these out?
I'm assuming I'll need an alignment with that, but I am not positive that the $660 quote includes that.
Thanks!
-Brian
I mentioned it to the dealership this morning (oil change), because I still did not have the sway bar recall checked out (no parts), but they checked it today and said that was not the case after looking at it. They informed me that both rear upper control arm bushings had a lot of play and needed to be replaced. They want $660 to do this and I do not have that kind of cash at the moment, so I'm either looking to do it myself or find a different mechanic that can do it for a more reasonable rate.
Bushings are something that I have never replaced, but am not 100% certain that these are replaceable on their own? Do I need to buy a whole new control arm with it pre-installed, or can I pretty easily swap these out?
I'm assuming I'll need an alignment with that, but I am not positive that the $660 quote includes that.
Thanks!
-Brian