Upper Control Arm Poly Bushings

927mgtepat

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Hey guys. Well today I took the time and installed the upper control arm poly bushings. It was a pain in the ass trying to get them through the eyelet of the control arm. But over all they came out great. I cant wait to see the difference they will make. Here are some pictures.
 

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927mgtepat

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Ok guys, well the control arms are stock. I removed them off of my car that had 60,000 miles on them. The first step is removing the old bushings. I used a cheep propane touch, heating up the dowel pin on the inside of the bushing (You got to make sure you don't heat the eyelet of the control arm). Once the pin is hot enough it will slid out on its own. I then used a hammer and a punch to smash in the old inner metal casing. After I got the casing smashed to a point were I could grab it with some pliers it will pull right out with the old rubber bushing. This also makes a huge mess. I then took and carefully taped up the ball joint and boot with special tape. I used a glass bead blaster to clean up the control arms and remove any rubber that was left in the eye. After removing the tape I replaced the old dust boots with brand new ones from Toyota ($13.99 each). Be very careful not to get glass beads in the ball joint.

The next was installing the bushings. First cover the inside of the eyelet and the outer part of the bushing with the special grease that is included. I did all of this on my kitchen table with no press. Install the bushing so that the larger lip is on the outer part of the arm. When pushing the small lip through use a flat edge object that is not sharp to help work the lip in. Once the lip is in, you can push it through with no problem. Grease up the inside of the bushing and the out side of the pin and just push it through. That's it, just repeat for the other three. It took me about an hour to install them.

The bushing are Super Pro Bushings. I ordered mine through Rick at:

http://www.toyheadauto.com/PerformancePages/Polyurethane_Bushings.html#SUPRA_MA70_MA71

The bushing cost me about $83.00 shipped. He also has the lower control ones as well.
 

becauseican

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I just installed some of these bushings tonight. I just wanted to add that the upper control bushings WILL also work on the rear uppers. I asked before and nobody knew the answer if the front bushings will work on the rear control arms, and they do.

I also used the propane torch meathod, I just heated up the second metal caseing with the torch until it was hot enough that I could pry the rest of the bushing out with a prybay/ screw driver. I cant wait to go for a drive with these.
 

Draken

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how hard were the control arms to get off? i'm needing to replace all the bushings across the front of mine, and thinking about doing the rear also while i'm at it
 

SySt

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I installed the poly bushings in all of my arms. Mine were from SupraSport. I did not use a torch on the upper control arms. I simply pressed out the old bushings. Obviously being careful to support the arm in a way that it would not get bent. I then used a vise to side the sides of each bushing into the bushing "bosses". I also drilled and tapped the control arm and bushing material for 6mm grease fittings. That way the control arms may be greased without having to remove them from the car. I find they do not like drying up. The inner sleeve of the bushing will seize to the poly. You then get creaking/squeeling and you may also be able to feel it, like under braking.
 

Halsupramk3

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becauseican said:
I just installed some of these bushings tonight. I just wanted to add that the upper control bushings WILL also work on the rear uppers. I asked before and nobody knew the answer if the front bushings will work on the rear control arms, and they do.

Are you sure that the upper bushings on the front and back are the same? Superpro's website doesnot even say they have the rear upper arm bushings and i think they would know if it was the same. That would be really helpful if so and logical.
 

born2drv

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yes they're the same... i forgot which one, but that's what suprasport.com or 935motorosports.com says as well... they both sell them.

Halsupramk3 said:
Are you sure that the upper bushings on the front and back are the same? Superpro's website doesnot even say they have the rear upper arm bushings and i think they would know if it was the same. That would be really helpful if so and logical.