Re: Front lower control arm inner bushing movement

["Toby Peterson" <tobyp@xxxx>]

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?