Suspension Parts Features

  • Control Arms
  • Ball Joints
  • Stabilizer Links
  • Strut Mounts
  • Bushings
  • Coil Springs
  • Alignment Aids

    • Why are Control Arms Important?

      Control arms provide both a connection and pivot point between your vehicle’s suspension and chassis. Typically linking a steering knuckle to the body frame, control arms feature ball joints and bushings which work in tandem to retain correct wheel tracking and position. For example, a lower control arm assists in setting the longitudinal and lateral position of the wheel while the vehicle is in motion.


      Control arms resist a multitude of loading forces, such as acceleration/braking, cornering while turning and the suspended weight of the vehicle body. They also have the additional function of maintaining dynamic wheel alignment. This reduces transmitted noise, road shock and vibration while providing resistance to unwanted suspension movement. Depending on suspension configuration (Multi-Link, MacPherson, Double Wishbone), control arms can be located on the front and rear suspension, in both the upper and lower position.

      By connecting the left and right suspensions of the vehicle to the stabilizer bar, stabilizer links maintain the wheels at the same height and reduce vehicle body roll.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech control arms so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating every control arm component. On average, installing their control arms takes 30% less time because the ball joints and bushings are pre-installed. Mevotech engineers focus on making Mevotech parts easier to install and built to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validates every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES

      • PWR-TEK Design: Upgrade to parts that can withstand extreme loading conditions with high-strength steel and larger bearings that are guaranteed not to deform.

      • Locking Boot: Boot design permanently fixes boot to housing and creates perfect seal, keeping out contaminants.

      • Quad Sealing System: Additional lips on boot sealing surfaces prevent contaminants from entering into the boot.

      • Increased Ball Stud Diameter: Increased sphere diameters improve contact pressure and durability of ball pin.

      • Upgraded Bushing Designs: Bushings are upgraded with filled in voids and/or additional rubber to improve the durability of the bushing?.

      • Enhanced Cross Sections: Additional material is added to the part to improve body stiffness and strength.

      • Bi-Metallic Control Arms: Exclusive patented (US no. 8757648) technology which allows for a ball joint featuring sintered metal bearings to be threaded into an unitized aluminum control arm.

      • Bushing Radial Knurling: Bushing design with knurling on inner sleeve that assists to secure the bushing to the frame.

      • Greaseable Ball Joints: Ball Joint is serviceable allowing the user to continue to grease the ball joint improving the service life of the ball joint.

      • Sintered Metal Bearings: Bearings made of a durable sintered powder metal that leads to a longer lasting part.

      • Self-Sealing Grease Relief: Grease relief that acts like a one-way valve allowing excess grease to flow out of the boot while preventing contaminants entering the boot.

      • REPEL-TEK Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Integriboot: Boot is mechanically locked in place by the housing lamination preventing contaminants from entering the boot.

      • Patented Stepped Bearings: Engineered bearings designed with a recess that prevent flattening of the Belleville spring washer which leads to an increased service life of the ball joint.

      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Circlip: Secure the ball joint with the circlip included to provide supplementary retention for the ball joint housing, locking it into place.

      • Higher Grade Hardware: Hardware provided is made with a high grade and strength.

      • Premium Grease: Ball Joint is provided with premium grease that leads to an improved ball joint life.

      • Ball Pin Surface Hardening: Ball Pins are surface hardened to prevent premature wear and improve fatigue life

      LABOR SAVERS™

      • Additional Hardware: Application specific mounting hardware are included with the part to complete the installation of the part.

      • Adding Components: Part comes with additional ball joints, bushings or brackets pre-assembled to provide a complete solution.

      • Easy Snap Locking Pin: Ensure your ball joint is securely locked with our spring steel locking clip design, nut pre-loaded with fastener adhesive that complies with and exceeds IFI, DIN specifications.

      • In-Box Instructions: Get instructions, advice and warnings directly from our engineers to help you install our parts.

      • Anti-Rotation Features: Parts engineered with anti-rotation features that speed up and give piece of mind during installation.

    • Why are Ball Joints Important?

      Much like human hip joints, ball joints act as pivot points. They are an integral component that connects the various links between your suspension and chassis. As a wheel on your vehicle moves up and down the suspension pivots through ball joints. They allow the suspension to move independently without interfering with the action of the wheel. This independent motion isolates the wheel movement from the chassis, creating a smooth and quiet ride.

      There are four main components of a ball joint:

      • Ball Pin: the ball portion that pivots and rotates
      • Bearing: the component that supports the loads that are applied to the ball pin
      • Housing: the part that installs onto the suspension and houses all of the ball joint components
      • Boot: the protective rubber cover that prevents contaminants from entering the ball joint

      Press-In

      In this design, the ball joint is larger than the hole inside the control arm or knuckle. When pressed into the smaller hole in the control arm the ball joint is held tightly in place. This hold can be supplemented by a circlip.

      Bolt-On

      This application uses a mounting flange that bolts onto the control arm or steering knuckle using 2 or more bolts and nuts. Many OEM ball joints come riveted onto the vehicle, and as they wear they are replaced with an aftermarket bolt-on design.

      Unitized

      This design completely integrates the ball joint pivot into the control arm assembly, replacing the individual ball joint and forming one solid container arm. OEM aluminum control arms are often unitized. Replacement of unitized ball joints requires that the entire control arm assembly be replaced.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      Mevotech innovates every ball joint component. Mevotech engineers focus on improving part life and ease of installation, employing punishing durability testing to validate every new design.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES

      • PWR-TEK Design: Upgrade to parts that can withstand extreme loading conditions with high-strength steel and larger bearings that are guaranteed not to deform.

      • Knurled Housing: Precision engineered ridges for tighter grip between connecting components.

      • Locking Boot: Boot design permanently fixes boot to housing and creates perfect seal, keeping out contaminants.

      • Quad Sealing System: Additional lips on boot sealing surfaces prevent contaminants from entering into the boot.

      • Increased Ball Stud Diameter: Increased sphere diameters improve contact pressure and durability of ball pin.

      • Larger/Thicker Housing Flanges: Provides additional strength and stiffness to the ball joint?. Reduces the likelihood of deformation of the ball joint housing during installation?. Facilitates the use of a wider range of ball joint installation tools.

      • Greaseable Ball Joints: Ball Joint is serviceable allowing the user to continue to grease the ball joint improving the service life of the ball joint.

      • Sintered Metal Bearings: Bearings made of a durable sintered powder metal that leads to a longer lasting part.

      • Patented Snap-In Bearing: Oversized sintered metal bearing with large contact area is engineered to accommodate challenges of a worn knuckle.

      • Self-Sealing Grease Relief: Grease relief that acts like a one-way valve allowing excess grease to flow out of the boot while preventing contaminants entering the boot.

      • REPEL-TEK Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Integriboot: Boot is mechanically locked in place by the housing lamination preventing contaminants from entering the boot.

      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Circlip: Secure the ball joint with the circlip included to provide supplementary retention for the ball joint housing, locking it into place.

      • Patented Directional Bearing: Allows for proper implementation of upper bearing on ball joints with larger swing angle in one direction. Addition of upper bearing provides additional contact area and greater pressure distribution for less wear.

      • Higher Grade Hardware: Hardware provided is made with a high grade and strength.

      • Premium Grease: Ball Joint is provided with premium grease that leads to an improved ball joint life.

      • Ball Pin Surface Hardening: Ball Pins are surface hardened to prevent premature wear and improve fatigue life

      LABOR SAVERS™

      • Bootstaller: Additional tool provided in the box that can easily install boots without damaging the boot?.

      • Press-Through Boot: Boot is designed to enable the ball joint to be installed without removing the boot?. Saves the technician time and reduces the possibility of damaging the boot during installation.

      • Application-Specific Fitment Analysis: Engineering is done specifically for the application to ensure perfect fitment of the part on the vehicle?.

      • Quick Loader Plate: Ball joint attachment fasteners pressed into attachment plate allows the ball joint to be installed with a single tool?.

      • Specialized Tools: Include specialized application specific installation tools that are not readily available?. Hardened steel socket that technician can use to remove the OEM ball joint and install the TTX ball joint in the steering knuckle.

      • Additional Hardware: Application specific mounting hardware are included with the part to complete the installation of the part.

      • Easy Snap Locking Pin: Ensure your ball joint is securely locked with our spring steel locking clip design, nut pre-loaded with fastener adhesive that complies with and exceeds IFI, DIN specifications.

      • In-Box Instructions: Get instructions, advice and warnings directly from our engineers to help you install our parts.

      • Installation adapter: Prevent your ball joints from being damaged during installation with high-strength alloy steel adapter tools designed for TTX ball joint installation flanges less than 1/4" wide?.

      • Anti-Rotation Features: Parts engineered with anti-rotation features that speed up and give piece of mind during installation.

      • Integriboot: Boots designed to come pre-installed onto ball joint saving the time during ball joint installation.

    • Why are Stabilizer Links Important?

      In conjunction with a stabilizer bar and stabilizer bushings, stabilizer links reduce your vehicle’s body roll by transferring lateral force to the opposing side during a corner or turn. Typically, one end of the stabilizer link is mounted to the stabilizer bar, while the other is connected to a suspension component on the wheel side.

      • Stabilizer links are found on the front and rear suspensions of vehicles and may take the form of:
        Ball Joint Stabilizer Links: Ball joint stabilizer links consist of either one or two ball stud type joints affixed to a connecting rod, which allows for increased articulation.

      • Bushing Stabilizer Links: Bushing stabilizer links are constructed from bushings, washers, spacers and nuts.

        A stabilizer link connects both the left and right suspensions to the stabilizer bar. By connecting the left and right suspensions of the vehicle to the stabilizer bar, stabilizer links maintain the wheels at the same height and reduce vehicle body roll.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech stabilizer links so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating chassis components. Mevotech engineers focus on making their parts faster and easier to install, and Mevotech engineer them to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validates every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES

      • PWR-TEK Design: Upgrade to parts that can withstand extreme loading conditions with high-strength steel and larger bearings that are guaranteed not to deform.

      • Quad Sealing System: Additional lips on boot sealing surfaces prevent contaminants from entering into the boot.

      • Increased Ball Stud Diameter: Increased sphere diameters improve contact pressure and durability of ball pin.

      • Upgraded Bushing Designs: Bushings are upgraded with filled in voids and/or additional rubber to improve the durability of the bushing?.

      • Enhanced Cross Sections: Additional material is added to the part to improve body stiffness and strength.

      • Bushing Radial Knurling: Bushing design with knurling on inner sleeve that assists to secure the bushing to the frame.

      • Greaseable Ball Joints: Ball Joint is serviceable allowing the user to continue to grease the ball joint improving the service life of the ball joint.

      • Sintered Metal Bearings: Bearings made of a durable sintered powder metal that leads to a longer lasting part.

      • Self-Sealing Grease Relief: Grease relief that acts like a one-way valve allowing excess grease to flow out of the boot while preventing contaminants entering the boot.

      • REPEL-TEK Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Integriboot: Boot is mechanically locked in place by the housing lamination preventing contaminants from entering the boot.

      • Optimized Compression Control (OCC) Design: Designed to prevent over-compression of bushings during installation which extends the service life of the bushing.

      • Patented Stepped Bearings: Engineered bearings designed with a recess that prevent flattening of the Belleville spring washer which leads to an increased service life of the ball joint.

      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

      • Higher Grade Hardware: Hardware provided is made with a high grade and strength.

      • Premium Grease: Ball Joint is provided with premium grease that leads to an improved ball joint life.

      • Ball Pin Surface Hardening: Ball Pins are surface hardened to prevent premature wear and improve fatigue life

      • Upgraded Spherical Bushing: Bushings are upgraded from Rubber to Spherical Bushings.

      LABOR SAVERS™
      • Additional Hardware: Application specific mounting hardware are included with the part to complete the installation of the part.
      • In-Box Instructions: Get instructions, advice and warnings directly from our engineers to help you install our parts.
      • Anti-Rotation Features: Parts engineered with anti-rotation features that speed up and give piece of mind during installation.

    • Why are Strut Mounts Important?

      Strut mounts connect the strut system to the body of your vehicle. They have two main purposes; they function as vibration dampeners to reduce in-cabin noise and vibration, and when fitted on the front they provide a steering pivot point that assists suspension movement when wheels are turned. Strut mounts must be flexible enough to handle slight angle changes yet be able to transfer vehicle load to the coil springs.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech strut mounts so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating every chassis component. Mevotech engineers focus on making their parts faster and easier to install, while ensuring they are built to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validates every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES
      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.
      LABOR SAVERS™
      • Additional Hardware: Application specific mounting hardware are included with the part to complete the installation of the part.

    • Why are Bushings Important?

      Bushings isolate and reduce transmitted noise, road shock and vibration. Creating pivot points for suspension components as your vehicle is in motion, they can also provide a smooth ride, assist in correct vehicle tracking and maintain original handling characteristics. In properly working bushings, the rubber portion should allow the suspension system to twist and move in response to the road. Bushings that are in good condition act as a kind of sponge, absorbing vibration and motion with only minimal transmission to the passenger cabin.
































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































      Common bushing types include:

      • Control Arm: Control arm bushings help maintain the lateral and vertical location of the control arm and the chassis-side mounting point. They usually consist of an outer metal sleeve, a rubber or polyurethane bushing, and an inner metal sleeve.
      • Stabilizer Bar: Stabilizer bar bushings allow the stabilizer bar to float and react to the movement of your vehicle while in motion. This assists in preventing vehicle roll while cornering.
      • Rack and Pinion: Rack and pinion mount or steering rack bushings insulate road noise from the cabin of your vehicle and create a firm mounting point for the steering system.
      • Axle: Axle bushings can be used in both the front and rear of some vehicle suspension configurations to allow the axle to pivot without binding.

      When your vehicle is in motion, axial and radial movement of the suspension system, combined with the excess heat generated by vehicle components, may cause bushings to twist and stretch. Constant exposure to road debris, salt and other contaminants also contribute to wear and can lead to hardening, cracking and tearing of the bushing material. When this normal wear is compounded by rough road conditions or by worn or defective shock absorbers, bushing life can be further shortened. To ensure optimal part life, bushings should be made of quality material and be designed to minimize noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) while retaining factory vehicle handling characteristics.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech bushings so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating every chassis component. Mevotech engineers focus on making their parts faster and easier to install, while ensuring they are built to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validates every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

    • Why are Coil Springs Important?

      Coil springs support your vehicle at its appropriate ride height, absorb and cushion imperfections in the road and are an integral component to retain proper suspension geometry and alignment.


      In regular service, coil springs can lose their original spring height or spring rate. Eventually, this may cause your vehicle to sag, forcing its suspension geometry and alignment out of spec. This sag can put unwanted strain and load onto other related components, such as the steering system, control arms, tires and wheel bearings, potentially causing premature failure. Generally, coil springs may be considered as constant or variable rate:
      • Variable Rate Springs: Adjust as load increases, stiffening to compensate.
      • Constant Rate Springs: Retain a constant profile throughout the entire load range.
      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech coil springs so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating every chassis component. Mevotech engineers focus on making their parts faster and easier to install, and we engineer them to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validate every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES
      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.

    • Why are Alignment Aids Important?

      Alignment aids are unique replacement components that allow for a wider range of camber, caster and toe adjustments on the front or rear of your vehicle. These aids can be adjustable ball joints, control arms, bushing sleeves or shims.

      Alignment aids are typically needed when you are faced with problematic vehicle alignment issues. They provide a specific range of adjustments, allowing your vehicle to return to its proper suspension geometry and alignment angles. By bringing your vehicle’s handling and ride characteristics back up to spec, alignment aids can help you avoid costly repairs associated with misalignment.

      THE MEVOTECH™ EDGE

      What makes Mevotech alignment aids so great? Mevotech gives technicians the edge, by innovating every chassis component. Mevotech engineers focus on making their parts faster and easier to install, and we engineer them to provide a longer service life. Employing punishing durability testing, Mevotech validates every new design to ensure you get performance you can trust.

      X-FACTOR DESIGN™ UPGRADES
      • Greaseable Ball Joints: Ball Joint is serviceable allowing the user to continue to grease the ball joint improving the service life of the ball joint.
      • Anti-Corrosion Coatings: Corrosion resistant coatings that prevent the formation of rust for a longer part service life.
      LABOR SAVERS™
      • In-Box Instructions: Get instructions, advice and warnings directly from our engineers to help you install our parts.