I've been generally happy with the car - except for one thing: an increasingly annoying "popping" or "grinding" sound coming from the front passenger's suspension. The culprit turned out to be the A-arm bushings. I blogged the whole process on
914 World, but here are a few pictures. First, the A-arm before refurb:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSh2Tj0YTrWbasDMeZcKoxuFY7FrUGZwJC0hGdMePPdXwNvsuI2OU0rGVYW-a4Gq0J09ehrRE_Sy7PLk6HyiiJ_uvCQajfDahnvPdkKoLR7aebR8HdyH9SXXuN1PEeCNGwpO6l-_qQtE/s320/03_BeforeRemoval.jpg)
The culprit - the old bearing and rusty bearing surfaces:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6Md04U3qJD8-TX07PMqEvkP3zOMPW_iZ3WJCV5xL1nW8mK6TlF4jdXinuKyJaQ4aqGGRIZy5I_tXx4dhF_jkT_vY3aH0RY4hXCIUZ6ixZVH8IuZoFlTGt8VWd4l7fCEC8DktpEMJA2Y/s320/12_FrontBearingOff.jpg)
And the refurbished A-arm reinstalled:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-JHdtYgbZe2Nzir9AqVjQo3Nlkt_cyaLRa-j47YHwP9dmyGJ6maxhh-kYEoRsYIpDQKLA08L4O58fI2lsUa1yiMSJZH3l9yV8f0P7dK7e5CvRDuLUxodp1-dW6hvbOQq09XA7LNtw8o/s320/23_Installed.jpg)
The pops, squeaks, and grinds are all gone, and I'm going enjoy driving the car that much more...