help please need lower control arm bushings

steve03sport · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:10 pm

anyone know where i can get them? perhaps with poly bushings?

steve03sport · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:54 pm

Anyone?

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:57 pm

steve03sport · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:43 pm

lol tom, i know you sent me some stuff, but seeing if anyone has luck with poly bushings

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:41 pm

No poly LCA bushings.

BountyHunter · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:26 am **Posts:** 48

I just changed the LCA bushings Thanksgiving weekend. I purchased mine at Napa. Tomorrow I'm picking up UCA bushings from them also.

steve03sport · **Posted:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:55 pm

how about the bolts?

BountyHunter · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:26 am **Posts:** 48

I reused the old ones. To tell you the truth I never thought about changing the bolts.

joejeeper420 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm **Posts:** 230

I just replaced both sides with the moog k7389 bushing kits. 1 kit per side... And it looks like I'll get more than 10 years outta them

that's how old my originals were... And they were still In pretty good shape

you can shop around online... But make sure you deal with reputable places because some of these online vendors like to put brand y parts in the grade a box!

BountyHunter · **Joined:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:26 am **Posts:** 48

joejeeper420 wrote:

I just replaced both sides with the moog k7389 bushing kits. 1 kit per side... And it looks like I'll get more than 10 years outta them

that's how old my originals were... And they were still In pretty good shape

you can shop around online... But make sure you deal with reputable places because some of these online vendors like to put brand y parts in the grade a box!

Did you reuse the old bolts?

joejeeper420 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm **Posts:** 230

I did reuse the old bolts, but only after inspecting the bolt threads for stretching, stripping or what have you. The nuts are not the locking style nuts like on the balljoints/etc that are basically good for one time use.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:26 pm

joejeeper420 wrote:

I did reuse the old bolts, but only after inspecting the bolt threads for stretching, stripping or what have you. The nuts are not the locking style nuts like on the balljoints/etc that are basically good for one time use.

The lower control arm bolts are known as "cam bolts",they are special bolts/washers due to that is how the front camber and caster is set.There $50 a pop(x4) for those bolts,and no you can not use any other bolts as they must be the specified cam bolts otherwise you can not set the front end alignment.

joejeeper420 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm **Posts:** 230

tjkj2002 wrote:

joejeeper420 wrote:

I did reuse the old bolts, but only after inspecting the bolt threads for stretching, stripping or what have you. The nuts are not the locking style nuts like on the balljoints/etc that are basically good for one time use.

The lower control arm bolts are known as "cam bolts",they are special bolts/washers due to that is how the front camber and caster is set.There $50 a pop(x4) for those bolts,and no you can not use any other bolts as they must be the specified cam bolts otherwise you can not set the front end alignment.

^^x2^^ i was tryin to let him know that he could reuse the nuts and bolts

If your going to remove the arms, make sure you mark the alignment shims and where they point first. This way you can get your wheels straight enough to drive to the alignment shop.

steve03sport · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:00 pm

Loejeeper... can i get a link to buy the kits and do the kits have the bolts?

joejeeper420 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 17, 2010 12:22 pm **Posts:** 230

I would go to the dealer for the nuts, shims, and bolts... But why not reuse the ones you have? You can find the bushing kits on amazon or places like rock auto... http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/racatalog.php?catalog=11&partnum=K7389&a=FR11-K7389-435680

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