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      04-09-2020, 12:51 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by dradernh View Post
One nice thing about rod ends is that you can tell when they're worn by doing a push-pull along the length of the arm they're attached to. If you feel any movement or hear a 'click', it's time to change them out.
Yeah, the SPL arms I ended up with have rod ends -- it should be easy to check like this in the future.

The one thing that did slip my mind though was to replace the bushings on the 5th link -- the spring carrier. It has two fairly meaty rubber bushes. Hopefully they weren't the busted ones.
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