Has anyone replaced the front (camber adjustmet) lower contorl arm bushing? I've lost a significant amount of neg camber on the driver's side front. With the adjusmet bolt set to the max I still can't get it back. The bolt will move the LCA but not enough. I thought about replacing the LCA front bushing with the bolt and see it this helps. Can I simply buy that one bushing and replace it? Is it a difficult thing to do?

--Tom

 

You should probably replace it. It might take some time to replace it yourself so take it to a service shop (dealership or other mechanical shops). They will probably have an alignment machine to fix the problem. Btw how does the bushing rubber look?? Does it show signs of tearing or cracking?? or is the outer shell centered where the ball joint is, and not rubbing against the inner shell on either side?? This is all I can think of for now and maybe another member can jump on this topic to help out. I think there were a few members whom had similar problems like you have, do a search and see what you find....

 

Here is my related question.

I took my s2k for an alignment.
And they can't do the front one.
Cuz the left control arm bushing is torn and the right control arm is seized, so it doesn't move.
They said I shouldn't drive the car and they actually tried to take my car away by law.

My questions is

1. Is that really serious having a torn bushing?

2. Can the control arm actually be seized up?

3. where can i get these parts? They said it has to be ordered from Japan, and takes about 5~8weeks.

Btw, they is Canadian tire.

 

Ok, I even took the pic of my lower control arm bushing.
Plz someone take a look and leave a comment.

 

The bushing looks torn, and the cam nut/bolt looks pretty corroded. If you replace the arm on your own, use plenty of penetrating oil to assist breaking the bolt loose.

 

Oh man...

The last one of these I did, the adjusting collar was seized to the a-arm bushing. It took alot of blasting with an air hammer to free the collar from the bushing, so the arm could be removed from the car.

You may have to cut away the rubber to expose the steel part of the bushing, then hit it with an air hammer on all four sides to free it from the collar.

Plan on a new control arm

 

An easier way is to burn them out. Use a home propane torch.

You don't want to use a higher temp torch or you risk warping the arm.

After your burn it a short while you will be able to knock the steel insert out then you can cut some of the chunks out and burn the rest.

Burning gets rid of the risk of bending them that goes with any type of press or hammer.

 

[QUOTE=David b,Jul 10 2005, 08:17 PM] An easier way is to burn them out.

 

Just what I said above

 

oops
thank you!