Question for those who have replaced their control arms

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Hello,

I am in the process of redoing my 986S's suspension. I'm installing the ROW M030 package, and am replacing everything else that looks worn.

That's where my question comes in: the front control arm that looks like a fork (996-341-043-06; only has one bearing on one side, the other side is a two-pronged fork) looks good to the naked eye. The bearing moves smoothly, the boots are perfect etc. So I'm debating to replace or not.

Those that have seen/handled a NEW one of these: does the bearing move with finger pressure, or are the new ones much stiffer?

Thanks much!

Gary