Control Arm Bushing Replacement, Degree of difficulty |
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Control Arm Bushing Replacement, Degree of difficulty |
jack20 |
Nov 30 2015, 05:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 406 Joined: 7-November 14 From: Granite Bay, CA Member No.: 18,099 Region Association: Northern California |
I need to replace the front rubber bushings and am planning to use the Elephant Racing bushings and install tools. I have not been able to find a video or other info regarding removal of the control arms. I am not near my car so I can't crawl under right now.
Will I need to remove the hubs, brakes or anything else to remove the control arms? Thanks, Jack |
Java2570 |
Dec 1 2015, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
If you are going with the rubber bushings, absolutely make note of the angle of your bushing retainers when you pull off your control arms. That way, when you install the new rubber bushings and go to set the angles, you will be putting them back in the same position. I just did this with Elephant rubber bushings and had a problem with the retainers being off slightly....not sure if I just wasn't accurate in measuring or if they moved a little. I used the angles provided with the Elephant instructions but it's also possible that my car may be slightly different. Be diligent in all those details and it should be fairly easy.
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Olympic 914 |
Dec 1 2015, 10:49 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,675 Joined: 7-July 11 From: Pittsburgh PA Member No.: 13,287 Region Association: North East States |
If you are going with the rubber bushings, absolutely make note of the angle of your bushing retainers when you pull off your control arms. That way, when you install the new rubber bushings and go to set the angles, you will be putting them back in the same position. I just did this with Elephant rubber bushings and had a problem with the retainers being off slightly....not sure if I just wasn't accurate in measuring or if they moved a little. I used the angles provided with the Elephant instructions but it's also possible that my car may be slightly different. Be diligent in all those details and it should be fairly easy. I thought that angle was only helpful for the initial installation. the control arms move in the bushings when the suspension is working. those angles will change depending on where the suspension is in its travel. not in relation to each other but in relation to the 0 point of the control arm you used when setting them.. |
JamesM |
Dec 1 2015, 04:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,915 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
If you are going with the rubber bushings, absolutely make note of the angle of your bushing retainers when you pull off your control arms. That way, when you install the new rubber bushings and go to set the angles, you will be putting them back in the same position. I just did this with Elephant rubber bushings and had a problem with the retainers being off slightly....not sure if I just wasn't accurate in measuring or if they moved a little. I used the angles provided with the Elephant instructions but it's also possible that my car may be slightly different. Be diligent in all those details and it should be fairly easy. I thought that angle was only helpful for the initial installation. the control arms move in the bushings when the suspension is working. those angles will change depending on where the suspension is in its travel. not in relation to each other but in relation to the 0 point of the control arm you used when setting them.. With rubber bushings the control arms don't move within the bushing, the bushings bind to the arm and housing and rotational movement of the control arm flexes the rubber. Installation angle is important to not preload the rubber bushings. This is why one piece replacement poly bushings suck so bad, the surfaces they ride on were designed to bind on rubber, not slip on poly. |
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