Knut - I feel your pain. Dave Jacobs and I are tossing around some ideas revolving around urethane bushings. I believe that the inner sleeve would rotate withing the urethane layer, reducing quite a bit of the torsional stress currently suffered by the rubber in the stock bushings. I have carefully measured the stock bushings, and Dave is preparing to transmit our needs to a list of urethane suppliers to see if we can generate some interest. In terms of retaining the stock bushings, based on the geometrical constraints of the components, the only way that comes to mind is to use Loktite bearing adhesive during the installation of the bushings. It works pretty well in these types of applications. The optimum configuration would be urethane, with a grease zerk into the interface between the inner sleeve and the urethane media. I will give your situation some additional thought - it will require laying under Winged1 for awhile, staring at the joint (that's my personal style of meditation). Thank you for your insightful post. Toby Peterson vIN 2248 Winged1 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ksgrimsr" <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxx> wrote: > Over the last while I have sent in a few messages regarding > observations and general issues I'm having with my front lower > control arm bushings... The problem appears to > be that the bushings are not captured in the control arms, and > therefore its retention in the control arm is based solely on the > friction fit between the bushing and the control arm. My checkup > indicated that the bushing was in place trapped between the frame > mounts, but the control arm had shifted slightly over the bushing. > > So now to my question: Does anyone have a suggestion or lead on a > suitable direction I might explore for trapping the inner control > arm and does anyone have a lead on the two-piece bushings that I > might try with my control arms?