troyboy162
07-30-2013, 08:18 PM
best how too I found
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/280375-how-replace-upper-lower-control-arm-bushings.html
A couple tips though.
- clean the inner shaft better then the pictures in the link above. I even tryed to Polish up mine with some 1000 grit sandpaper.
- pull the joint apart as soon as the rubber melts enough. Then scrap the burning rubber off everything with something otherwise it will take forever to be consumed by the fire. In fact the fire will go out and you will have to scrape off a crust and light it again if you dont scrape it while it burns.
-the bearing surface looks to be between the poly bushing and the outer shell of the A-arm. I thought it would spin on the inner shaft but its not looking that way since the bushing is pinched by the washers on each end. Keep this in mind so that you do a good job cleaning out the a-arm side since that becomes the bearing surface
Edit: Called energy suspension and the guy assured me they are not soposed to do that. I assembled the next arm with minimal grease on the steel outer sleeve (inside the A-arm) and then greases the ends of the bushing where it rubs on the washers. What do ya know it works right now lol. I get to take apart the other arm and redue it joy!
- I had all sorts of differnt experiences assembling the joints. Some seemed to go together better then others. some pressed eazy into the arms, some inner shafts pressed in nicely and some were eazy both ways. I dont know if it was due to freezing them or not. If you can get the inner shaft to go in easy I felt that would scape less grease out during installation. Again not sure if my frozen ones were best at that.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/280375-how-replace-upper-lower-control-arm-bushings.html
A couple tips though.
- clean the inner shaft better then the pictures in the link above. I even tryed to Polish up mine with some 1000 grit sandpaper.
- pull the joint apart as soon as the rubber melts enough. Then scrap the burning rubber off everything with something otherwise it will take forever to be consumed by the fire. In fact the fire will go out and you will have to scrape off a crust and light it again if you dont scrape it while it burns.
-the bearing surface looks to be between the poly bushing and the outer shell of the A-arm. I thought it would spin on the inner shaft but its not looking that way since the bushing is pinched by the washers on each end. Keep this in mind so that you do a good job cleaning out the a-arm side since that becomes the bearing surface
Edit: Called energy suspension and the guy assured me they are not soposed to do that. I assembled the next arm with minimal grease on the steel outer sleeve (inside the A-arm) and then greases the ends of the bushing where it rubs on the washers. What do ya know it works right now lol. I get to take apart the other arm and redue it joy!
- I had all sorts of differnt experiences assembling the joints. Some seemed to go together better then others. some pressed eazy into the arms, some inner shafts pressed in nicely and some were eazy both ways. I dont know if it was due to freezing them or not. If you can get the inner shaft to go in easy I felt that would scape less grease out during installation. Again not sure if my frozen ones were best at that.