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Originally Posted by racer_d
1) Why do people expect Porsche parts to be "cheap"? Grr. I really hate this one. The car was likely $60,000 when new afterall.
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i don't know that we expect them to be 'inexpensive', but i definitely don't expect them to be 'cheap,' which the ball joints certainly are. in a car this expensive that is designed more or less for sport, it should have servicable ball joints OR adequate lubrication / construction to last for 150K miles. these things crap out at the 75K mark. that's crap (and 'cheap').
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Originally Posted by racer_d
2) While you may not have road salt, you do have sand, dirt, tar, pebbles, stone,.. you get the point. There are plenty of other substances that will eat away at an unsealed ball joint. Considering the important job that is asked of a ball joint, I'm not really sure why you would skimp out on doing it "right".
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if it's not squeaking, a replacement boot is fine. lube up the bal joint, install a boot and be done with it. there's no reason to buy an entire control arm because a boot is torn; that would be crazy. unfortunately, it is the expectaion of Porsche that this is exactly what we will do: purchase a new control arm for $300 to replace a perfectly good conrol arm because a $2 boot is bad. this is either poor engineering or excellent engineering, depending on their goals.....