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Has anyone swapped out the bushings in their control arms? Does this picture look normal? There seems to be an inserted raceway in the opening, notice the flange on the outside and the seam where you can see an inner wall. This opening is about 5mm smaller then the borg delrin bushings i just picked up, i bought the car used so i am not sure if these were ever modified by the previous owner. The pics are of the drivers side front upper arm.
i wonder why the replacement bushings are so much larger, they differ by about 5mm
When I've used other bushings, the control arm sleeve needed to be removed as well. You may want to check the width of the bushings and see how that matches up with the width of the control arm with and without the insert. I'm assuming the bushings are two halves and each half has a shoulder that seats against the a-arm. If so, leaving the insert in the a-arm may mean the two bushings don't fully seat against one another.
I have monoballs in mine and you can see there's no factory "shoulder"
When I've used other bushings, the control arm sleeve needed to be removed as well. You may want to check the width of the bushings and see how that matches up with the width of the control arm with and without the insert. I'm assuming the bushings are two halves and each half has a shoulder that seats against the a-arm. If so, leaving the insert in the a-arm may mean the two bushings don't fully seat against one another.
I have monoballs in mine and you can see there's no factory "shoulder"
the replacement bearings are noticeably larger, i think i need to press out this sleeve, its odd after all the videos i have watched no one has addressed these sleeves, let me see what Lane says from Borg. Maybe he has some insight
Control arm question
