Repairs
Control Arm & Wishbone Replacement
Control arms locate the wheel. Once the bushes or ball joints wear, steering feel, tyre wear and braking stability all suffer.
Knock from the front?
Symptoms
- Knocking over bumps or when braking
- Vibration or wander through the steering
- Clunk when turning at low speed
- Uneven inner or outer tyre wear
- Visible split or perished bushes, or a torn ball joint boot
What we do
- Check each joint and bush for play on the ramp
- Replace the arm complete or the bushes and joints where serviceable
- Free off and renew corroded fixings as required
- Torque suspension fixings at the correct ride height
- Recommend an alignment check afterwards
Frequently asked questions
Something not right with the car?
Our work
Recent jobs from our workshop
Photographs taken during work carried out at our Iver workshop.
New shock absorber and top mount against the old unit
Symptoms
Symptoms that often lead to this repair
Look up what your car is doing and read what it commonly means.
Steering wheel shakes when brakingWhere and when you feel the shake matters. Vibration only under braking generally points at the braking surfaces; vibration all the time points elsewhere.Read more Car pulling to one sideThe key detail is whether the pull happens all the time, only under braking, or only under acceleration.Read more Uneven tyre wearTyres record what the suspension and steering are doing. The wear pattern is often the clearest evidence of an underlying fault.Read more
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Based in Iver, covering West London, Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. Send your registration and we will quote for your vehicle.