Originally Posted by velociabstract

That's where the drivers side broke. The weight of the car is supported by the spring and not the upper arm. The lower and upper arms are connected and move as one as much as the spring allows. What happened to me was the upper arm was making contact with the body on the tape measure side (most likely in the heavy braking zones) and supporting weight the spring normally assumes as well as the other forces from weight transfer to the front. The forces it normally resists are G forces from the tire, side to side, not up and down. Hedgehog really farkeled the pooch on these. Huge oversight.

Les