control arm bushings

moss765

moss765

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alright guys i jus ordered up some new control arm bushings plannin on changin em this week i have a feelin there all gonna be seized on the bushing...my question is how many of those bolts control camber on the axle and the ones that dont can you jus put grade 8 bolts and nuts on them if i have to get new ones?
 
The only ones that aren't regular bolts are the lower arm where it connects to the axle(If I remember correctly)
 
Yup. The rest are just regular bolts. I pulled my bolts out at 80k miles and non were seized in there.
 
sweet deal i jus talk to the guy at the local dealership and he said if i need the cam bolts that he would sell em to me for 15 bucks so i didnt think that was to bad...its gonna be interesting because ive never done this before so its deft gonna be a learning experience

these are the bushings i got what you guys think?
http://energysuspensionparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=5%2E3131
 
Get yourself some new cam/eccentric bolts before you start to avoid the potential issues.

If the bolts are siezed like mine were try to get to them with a very hard VERY HARD cutting blade which may not be easy given their position. I used a cut off wheel where I could but that required having to cut portions of my stock arms off to gain access which didn't matter to me given I was replacing the entire arms. The majority of the time I had to use a sawzall and if you do this way make sure to avoid the sleeve of the bushing as much as you can. This may not be possible for the upper control arm back size in the driver size without cutting the control arm up. Those sleeves are very hard and took out many of my blades.

I assume you have a torch to change the bushings so you may want to try some heat if they are seazed too.

I pray for you they are easier than mine were lol and good luck:)
 
wow deft sounds like its gonna be fun now lol and thank you for the info and luck
 
alright good news theyve been replaced before and bolts are anti-siezed :) now my question to you guys is what is the easiest way to get the old rubber bushings out?
 
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