Replaced the lower control arms/ball joints the other night. Finally finished the job and was tightening down the 2 lower shock nuts when the stud snapped. So, now on that side theres only 1 stud/bolt holding the lower end of the shock in place. How urgent is this to get fixed? Also, since the studs are welded onto the control arm I'm wondering what the cheaper fix would be to do....get another lower arm on that side for approx $60 or stop by a shop and get a quote to weld another stud on there. I have no clue how much rates are to have someone weld for me. Any suggestions??

 

Those things break all the time, all you gotta do is take an air chisel and knock the stud out and use a regular bolt, or if you aint gotta an air chisel, cut the stud flush with a cutting wheel or something and drill it out. dont worry about replacing that control arm or anything because thats just conpletely unnessesary