Control ArmReplacement

Control arm replacement at PRO SERVICE (Batumi, Airport Highway 212): we replace front and rear, upper and lower control arms after an impact or when the joints are worn. Labor from … GEL per arm, takes 1-2 hours. After replacement we do a wheel alignment.

When an arm needs replacing

• Bent after hitting a pothole or curb: the steering wheel is off-center, the car pulls, the wheel visibly leans.
• Cracks or corrosion — seen on imported cars and in a sea climate, especially on stamped steel arms.
• Worn bushings and ball joint on a non-serviceable design: on many modern cars the arm is sold only as an assembly.
• Knocking and wheel shimmy under braking and acceleration.

Complete arm or separate parts

There are two ways:

• Replace the whole arm — faster, all joints are new. The logical choice if the ball joint is pressed in or the arm is bent.
• Replace only the bushings or the ball joint — when the arm itself is fine and the parts are sold separately.

Which is better value for your car we will tell you after inspection — it depends on the design and part prices.

How we do it

1. Inspection: arm geometry, joints, subframe mounting points.
2. Removing the wheel, disconnecting the ball joint, sway bar link and any sensors mounted on the arm.
3. Removal — seized arm bolts are common, we heat them if needed.
4. Fitting the new arm. Bushing bolts are tightened with the car on its wheels: if tightened in the air, the rubber is twisted and tears quickly.
5. Wheel alignment — the wheel angles always change after an arm is replaced.

If several parts are bent

After a hard impact the tie rod, wheel rim and sometimes the subframe often suffer along with the arm. If the alignment cannot be brought into spec, a body geometry check is needed.

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