Hi everybody. I have had some noises in my front end, and from what I can see the only thing that looks worn are the mounting holes for the lower control arms. Both of the rear holes show rust and I can see the mounting hole outside of the bolt, so I know that they aren’t mounted solid as they once were. Does anybody know how to go about fixing this? Has anybody had this issue before? I am thinking that I’ll need to weld metal in place and make new holes, I feel that if I just go with putting some thick washers I will still get some play, but if anybody has had the same issue and came up with a fix please let me know. Thanks.

 

Post up some pictures of the issue so we can take a look. I've never messed with my lower control arms, I am assuming you are talking about the front and not the rear trailing arms?

 

Passenger side lower control arm bolt

Drivers side lower control arm bolt
Here are pics of both sides. The passenger side looks worse. They are the front lower control arms. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

yup there is no quick fix for that. you will need to weld on some washers or a plate. unless you can find some sort of metal bushing to fill the void. if the bolt can come out of the other side with no issues you can also weld the nut permanently to the frame.

 

is there a very specific exact place This nut needs to be before welding or is it more so the bolt doesn't move itself when tightened?
can I just loosen it up (or tighten) and weld where it sits?

 

I knew to this forum and this is my exact problem also. Any info on this would be awesome thank uou

 

Welcome to HF. In the future please avoid digging up OLD Threads to tack on a question. Read >> READ: Old Threads/'Necro-Bumping'

To answer your question. This ain't nuclear submarine engineering, weld it anywhere so long as the bolt gets through and has no wiggle room. Weld the nut to the frame = no wiggle and you can still remove the bolt any time for service. Do not weld the bolt.