The esteemed Jake de Villiers wrote,

That can't happen Gary.  Even if all the rubber
vaporizes due to cosmic
rays
or reefer madness or aliens the steel still encircles
the pivot and
will
retain the control arm.

Well, Jake, I admit it wasn't in a VW, but yes, the
left front A-frame dropped out of my $175 '83 Isuzu at
speed. Interesting you brought up aliens - - I'm only
about 85 miles from Area 51, but I think the more
likely cause was my own personal "bozone layer" (Jeez,
Gary, what is that horrible racket coming from under
your car? Oh, nothing a little WD-40 won't take care
of!). Yep, once you wear enough of the steel off, it
will indeed fall out!

So, making an already too long story short, replace
those squeeky front end parts!

Gary

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