Here my try at control arm bushing install
56k good luck
evrey one know how to remove the control arm so i wont comment the pic
here where the fun begin !
before i want to say its maybe the easyest install i do to my car
i take 10mm bolt and nut at the other end i put 1'' box
put the whole piece in the blue thing ( i dont know what is called in english )
and begin to press the oem bushing out (extra hands is usefull)
the bushing will slide out really easy
oem bushing still in brand new condition !
now for the big one you havent the choice to destroy it
take a breaker bar + knife pry the bushing and cut around the metal sleeve (both side)
after using the knife take the breaker bar and pry out the bushing
dont try to burn them take too much time and u need to repaint the control arm
now you need to remove the metal donut
take a metal saw to cut a path into the metal ring ( be carefull to not damage the control arm)
take hammer and a punch to push out the metal ring
now ready to put poly bushing !
the small one are really easy you can slide in by hands (dont forget to grease the inside)
also grease the big one and inside of the control arm
put it on the under side of the control arm
again extra hands is usefull
half way now you need someting to push on the control arm to lets the bushing slide out
time to put the metal sleeve in (last piece)
The score
Steve=1 vs Control arm =0 (owned)
installed on the car
labor time :1h30-2h00 (1 side)
labor cost : 0
bushung cost : 35$(Can)
tomorrow if i have the time i will install koni red + sportline
feel free if you have question <br>
sweet
good job on a pain installation
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Nice... Good pictures and comments... but what are the pro's and con's of doing this? <br>
we did the same thing about 2 months ago to my buddies 97 z
nice pics/ write up
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Disclaimer: I will probally offend you with what is written in this post.
hows cornering and driving and launching feel now?
would you recomend doing this?
how hard was the control arm to take off?
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Portage, MI
[quote=97cavie24ls(JDM cav sedan™)]sweet
good job on a pain installation
where the pain is in this mod ???
really
i cant go out and do a test drive my car is in storage
i will tell you next summer
for 35 $ i think u cant go wrong
i tell you there noting hard in this mod
the control arm take about 15 min to take off(20min on pass side beacause u need to drop the lower engine mont to reach the bolt)
if u can install xenon blub u can do this mod take your time be carefull look well its not a race
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wow, very interesting..... <br>
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The score
Steve=1 vs Control arm =0 (owned)
you know, i see a lot of your posts and i realize you don't speak english as your first language but damn i think funny stuff is hilarious coming from someone in your shoes...
lol
thanks for the writeup, it will definitely come in handy when i get to this next spring
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MeltdOwn350 aka cOdy : Hahaahah You know i try my best to learn english i know i can do some improvement im working on it
so can you help me whit what i call ''blue thing''
how do you call this tool in english ?
what do you guy think about adding subframe brace (Home Depot Style)
whilei have my hands in suspention mod ? <br>
Steve Cote wrote:so can you help me whit what i call ''blue thing''
how do you call this tool in english ?
a vice <br>
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My control arm bushings have been sitting in my garage a while now, kidna gives me confidence to do the install. I just need to get a Vice, or blue thing as you would call it.
THanks for the info.
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yeah, the blue thing is a vice...... table vice, bench vice, vice
but you're doing awesome on your english.... i do commend you for your efforts. i'm sure i would suffer greatly having to be in your shoes
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Yea i didnt even know it was ur second language untill u didnt know the english word, DAMNED BLUE THING!! Gosh! ahah, but yes thanks again for the write up, that shows to be very useful to me, just wish my bushings were red, i got cheap black ones, blast!
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Aww man what's up with that pic ?? lol. Excellent writeup <br>
"In the beginning, each car is a blank canvas and possibilites are endless..."
dang man thanks for the write up. im awaiting my bushings... <br>
-Adam
Bomex03CavalierSedan: maybe excessive tiredness , or a virus
GaRsNoW : its your fault if i do this today
i was looking to your post yesterday and i got curious about the small box sitting next to my desk ... today i decided to open it and try to install them ... i dont understand why evreybody say its a pain, nightmare,or whatever else....
i think it will be a great improvment after i got the arm back in place the arm where stiff as hell !
no but its help when u reinstall the arm beacause of the new bushing the ball join is harder to get in place . Btw i install my koni red+sportline today so thats why i i take out my strut
Sweet man, I jus did that install on my car two weeks ago, wasn't as hard as I'd thought, though I had my bushings actually pressed by a mechanic. Wish I'd gotten the urethane ones though, ahh well. Nice pics
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Now you can get the two for the rear axle fron high rev and put those on and do a write up.
-M <br>
Remember....syringes go in the RED waste basket.
rear axle ?! really humm intresting but i hate online buy
ill wait for prothane to release a set and buy from my local dealer
