Control Arm bushings

scott schmerge · Mar 17, 2019

jwest said:
Hey, I see you're in Charlotte. I'm in Cary right now for a while. Want to meet up at Uwharrie or something. I'm only only michelin ms2 right now for the big trip but it would be fine if mostly dry. I don't know of anywhere else in the state but I'm planning a beach outing soon to Hatteras

I just did a beach trip this fall to cape lookout! It was amazing. Would be glad to get up sometime and you’d be more than welcome to see/feel the control arm ride quality as well. My youngest son just started baseball season so my weekends are pretty much shot. Send me a pm and we can try to coordinate. I’ve been wanting to get out to uwharrie and that would give me a good excuse.

Robin Parsons · Mar 19, 2019

Thanks all for the responses and photos.

ryanjl · Mar 19, 2019

Let us know how it goes. If I was doing this myself in my driveway, I'd replace the whole control arm and not just the bushings.

navigare · Mar 20, 2019

jwest said:
I have an onboard compressor so we could experiment with tire psi.

Hey jwest, what exactly do you mean by onboard? Not that you can change PSI from the cabin with a click, like in a Humvee? I am also considering Polys, by the way. When offroading in the mountains (lot of crawl), I’ve continually had issues. So that’s my idea for the long trip to Asia.

avslash · Mar 20, 2019

navigare said:
Hey jwest, what exactly do you mean by onboard? Not that you can change PSI from the cabin with a click, like in a Humvee? I am also considering Polys, by the way. When offroading in the mountains (lot of crawl), I’ve continually had issues. So that’s my idea for the long trip to Asia.

I have an ARB mounted under the hood in front of the passenger side air intake. I keep enough hose coiled there to reach all 4 wheels, as well.

I think he was probably referring to something similar.

I would love to be able to flip a switch from the driver's seat, though.

jwest · Mar 21, 2019

navigare said:
onboard?

compressor under the hood with outlet there and it supplies another factory air suspension tank under the passenger side for more volume delivery needed for a short burst like setting tubeless mountain bike tires.

aztris · Mar 22, 2019

For those of you who have done lower control arm replacement, did you reuse the hardware or purchase new? I figured I would just purchase new as piece of mind, but found out that the 4 bolts and washers, 6 nuts and 2 hex nuts run a total of around $110. Also a local shop mentioned they normally just reuse.

ryanjl · Mar 22, 2019

It's not something that you inherently need to buy new, but a lot of people have found they cant remove the old hardware without damaging it by, for example, sawing it off.

avslash · Mar 22, 2019

Can anyone point me to a good how-to, or video that shows in detail how the camber bolts and washers go together and work?

I don't shy away from many jobs, but alignment related items have always seemed like some sort of black magic witchcraft as I have zero experience working with them.

I'm probably close to another control arm job, and am thinking of trying these poly bushes, but I would rather do it myself than pay a shop to do it (other than the alignment at the end, of course).

ryanjl · Mar 22, 2019

You can search on youtube for control arms on an LR3. It's the same.

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