# 2007 PT Cruiser Control Arm-Bushings-Ball Joints

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728 "2016-03-09T21:46:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crazy\_Cruiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Crazy\_Cruiser](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Crazy_Cruiser)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728/1 "2016-03-09T21:46:56Z")

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Yesterday mechanic replaced lower control and bushing moog and aligned. Today making a u-turn ball joint broke, had to be towed. Is the ball joint break a result of faulty repair yesterday?

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728/2 "2016-03-09T21:50:26Z")

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not enough info.  
Lower control ? ? ?  
is that perhaps a lower control ARM ?  
which arm was replaced and which ball joint broke ?

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728/3 "2016-03-09T22:55:45Z")

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A lower control ARM is an assembly with the ball joint and two bushings.  
Your tech would have a parts warranty issue with his supplier - IF - that same arm broke its ball joint.  
BUT . .  
A tie rod end is a ball-style joint but not refered to as such . .YET . . I’ve had many a customer call it it that untill we get the diagram on the screen and they point to the tie rod end as beeing the ‘‘ball joint’’ they are wanting. ( even sway bar links can have a ball-style joint )

It could easily be that , since the front end needed THIS part that other parts are not far behind in time and mileage to be breaking soon.  
You could have broken something else.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pt-cruiser-control-arm-bushings-ball-joints/92728/4 "2016-03-10T02:11:49Z")

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Whatever component totally failed should have been caught while doing the alignment.

When an alignment is performed, the tires are pointed straight ahead while sitting on turn-tables.

Then once the alignment is set to specs, the steering wheel is turned from-lock-to-lock and then returned to straight ahead. If there’s any worn steering/suspension components, the alignment will go out of specs indicating a problem.

Tester