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Bought some alba a arms and sold my stock a arms without thinking....sooo the alba a arms as i have learned the hard way dont come complete...just bought tie rod ends and now i need bushings and end caps

 

My question is when you buy alba a arms just by themselves what are the things you have to buy with it to make it a complete set noob question i know but the last thing i wanna do is buy these and then need something else

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No i bought them brand new on ebay....all it came with was upper and lower a arms with upper and lower ball joints a set of tie rods with no tie rod ends and 4 washers

 

They make it sound good even in the link you provided but when you look at the picture in the left hand corner thats all you get

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They don't generally sell them with tie rod ends because the ones you have will work, or I should say the ones you had.... I bought the same set accept I called Alba directly and got the BHQ member discount. Awesome people to deal with. Just a tip, pay attention to where those "4 washers" go. I believe it does tell you in the instructions though but can't remember, any issues or questions just call them and they should fix you right up. 

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Yeah i have been trying to call them directly for weeks now and no one ever answers the phone ...i think i have everything i need but the grease fittings....which i dont have any problem buying i just have no idea as to what size to order

 

Thats my issue at this point

 

They showed up without the zerk fittings?

 

Mine showed up with 1 bad ball joint, they shipped it out priority mail immediately no questions asked. I'm sure they'd do the same for you. I don't know about that not answering the phone unless there's a time zone issue going on there, they answered every time I called... 

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Since i sold my stock a arms complete (dumb move) on my

Part and i needed the collar sleeves and end caps anyway i bought an a arm rebuild kit from american star that included the 6 collar sleeves 12 rubber bushings and 12 end caps that i needed...kit came out to 80 tie rod ends another 40 and the a arms came out to 300....so thats 420 for a complete new front end

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Since i sold my stock a arms complete (dumb move) on my

Part and i needed the collar sleeves and end caps anyway i bought an a arm rebuild kit from american star that included the 6 collar sleeves 12 rubber bushings and 12 end caps that i needed...kit came out to 80 tie rod ends another 40 and the a arms came out to 300....so thats 420 for a complete new front end

Alba doesn't supply bushings?

I know most don't supply caps and sleeves, but bushings I figured to be part of the deal

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i didnt make a big deal about the bushings because of the other shit i had to buy they dont make a kit minus the bushings anyway... from my understanding the bushings where supposed to be pre installed like the zerk fittings

 

I had already ordered the rebuild kit from american star days before i even got alba on the phone and at that point i just needed the zerk fittings....they seemed like reasonable ppl very friendly im sure they would have sent the bushings with no problems had i asked

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