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Late in april, 2013 i installed a passenger side control arm on a 1998 vw jetta tdi.the control arm was purchased from autozone( their part # 520-782) as an assembly with the ball joint installed. The car ran fine for about 2 weeks.then while driving it began pulling to the right.on examination, 2 of the 3 bolts which hold the ball joint on the control arm were missing, and the third was easily removed by finger.when it was installed all 3 were in place.the one bolt remaining did not have any locking compound, nor did it have a mechanical locking device, such as a lock washer or lock nut.i installed 3 hardened bolts with locking compound, and the car has been fine for the past 5 days.if the third bolt had fallen out, the vehicle would have been impossible to control, and the probable result would have been a crash.
I replaced the brakes on my 2004 dodge caravan with duralastbrakes from auto zone. There is a severe problem with the tolerances on the pads. I have been installing brakes for 50 years. There is a sever defect with these replacement parts. The pads will not allow the caliper to retract the pads wedge against the rotor-disc. They caused a vehicle fire from the extreme heat. I contacted auto zone and installed another set . This time it caused the brake on the opposite side to overheat. I got a third set this time i measured the pads with a vernier caliperaccurate to 1/1000 inch and they varied by a 1/10 of an inch which is outrageous. That just accounts for unacceptable measurements and not specialor orientational defects which i suspect exist but have no exact pattern to compare. These brakes are an extreme hazard.
I replaced the brakes on my 2004 dodge caravan with duralastbrakes from auto zone. There is a severe problem with the tolerances on the pads. I have been installing brakes for 50 years. There is a sever defect with these replacement parts. The pads will not allow the caliper to retract the pads wedge against the rotor-disc. They caused a vehicle fire from the extreme heat. I contacted auto zone and installed another set . This time it caused the brake on the opposite side to overheat. I got a third set this time i measured the pads with a vernier caliperaccurate to 1/1000 inch and they varied by a 1/10 of an inch which is outrageous. That just accounts for unacceptable measurements and not specialor orientational defects which i suspect exist but have no exact pattern to compare. These brakes are an extreme hazard.
Late in april, 2013 i installed a passenger side control arm on a 1998 vw jetta tdi.the control arm was purchased from autozone( their part # 520-782) as an assembly with the ball joint installed. The car ran fine for about 2 weeks.then while driving it began pulling to the right.on examination, 2 of the 3 bolts which hold the ball joint on the control arm were missing, and the third was easily removed by finger.when it was installed all 3 were in place.the one bolt remaining did not have any locking compound, nor did it have a mechanical locking device, such as a lock washer or lock nut.i installed 3 hardened bolts with locking compound, and the car has been fine for the past 5 days.if the third bolt had fallen out, the vehicle would have been impossible to control, and the probable result would have been a crash.
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