Upper A arm ????? Help needed

[Triathlete]

Hopefully someone who has had their front end apart can give me a quick answer to this question as I am in the middle of replacing my ball joints...
should the upper A arm have side to side play in it? or are my bushings bad? With it disconnected from the ball joint I can move it back and forth about 1 inch...does this sound normal?

[Buffy]

Sounds like your bushings are bad. When I had mine apart it would move up and down but not side to side.

[Triathlete]

Cool...thank you!

[Marlin]

Sounds like your bushings are bad. When I had mine apart it would move up and down but not side to side.

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[Triathlete]

Yep...drivers side is nice and tight, pass. side not so much. Will be calling Merlin in the morning.