Prothane LCA Bushing - Fitted - Problem ???
Prothane LCA Bushing - Fitted - Problem ???
i have bought brand new arms coz mine are soo rusty and got the prothane LCA bushing kit so i thought id put the prothane bushings on the new arms before they go on the car
burned out the horizontal bushing ... easiest thing to do.
managed to get the vertical bushing out fairly easy and cleaned up the id on the arm and cleaned up the metal sleeve bit too
pressed the horizontal prothanes in ... easy
managed to get the 'top' bit of the vertical in fairly easy.
pushed the metal sleeve through ok .... but.
when it comes to the 'bottom' of the vertical bushing i can press it in with a vice but as soon as i undo the vice it pops back out again and i just cant get it to stay in !!!
please help ...
burned out the horizontal bushing ... easiest thing to do.
managed to get the vertical bushing out fairly easy and cleaned up the id on the arm and cleaned up the metal sleeve bit too
pressed the horizontal prothanes in ... easy
managed to get the 'top' bit of the vertical in fairly easy.
pushed the metal sleeve through ok .... but.
when it comes to the 'bottom' of the vertical bushing i can press it in with a vice but as soon as i undo the vice it pops back out again and i just cant get it to stay in !!!
please help ...
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If you think that doesn't look right you'd be really worried if you got the energyDanteneon wrote:That looks about right. It will be a little work to set the arm in place, but once you bolt it down everything should be fine.
Those look nice when they are all clean like that
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that is if he got them inhansken_yo wrote:If you think that doesn't look right you'd be really worried if you got the energyDanteneon wrote:That looks about right. It will be a little work to set the arm in place, but once you bolt it down everything should be fine.
Those look nice when they are all clean like that
be glad you got the prothane
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read on this forum a lot before i decided to go with the prothanes and noticed that everone said the ES were a pita, cost me less than $30 shipped to england iirc, they were from neverenough auto ... gonna be fitting them tomorrow, the old bolts are currently soaked in WD40 hoping they come off easier and i have a propane torch ready just incase
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I simply spread the "ears" for the vertical apart farther when sliding the LCA back into the crossmember. The bolt will draw it back into place with no problem.
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didn't have any problems with getting any of the bolts out, none of them rounded and none of them snapped. it did take me nearly 3 hours to get the LHS ball joint into the hole and then the sway bar ends didnt wanna go through the holes either .... 10 hours total and its all done
can someone show what thier prothane bushings look like when they're installed, mine are in fine and the ride is beautiful and smooth but it looks like the bottom bit has come out on one side, seems like it popped out the arm?
Does It Look Right?
have also just noticed a rubbing squeaking noise from left side
can someone show what thier prothane bushings look like when they're installed, mine are in fine and the ride is beautiful and smooth but it looks like the bottom bit has come out on one side, seems like it popped out the arm?
Does It Look Right?
have also just noticed a rubbing squeaking noise from left side
if you got it sandwhiched together and installed, that bushing isnt going anywhere lol looks fine to me.
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The bolts should be as tight as you can get them. They kind of hold the crossmember in place. You don't want it shifting around, or you will never hold an alignment. (Which would be the least of your worries.)
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The subframe bolts should be torqued to 180ft lbs or something like that iirc. Can someone confirm the torque specs on that?
If those bolts aren't tight enough it won't "tighten" things up either.
If those bolts aren't tight enough it won't "tighten" things up either.
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i used a torque wrench and they were done up tight enough, but i did manage to get another turn and a half on the passenger side (drivers side for you americans) and the bushing is now a lot tighter to the arm. i hope this helps coz i had a squeeking noise over bumps since i fitted them and suspected it was the bushing rubbing
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did you use the supplied grease on the bushing when assembling? that could be part of your sqeak problem if its not lubed properly
Justin
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yeah i dunno why they'd squeak then
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how exactly do you know thats whats making the noise?
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sorted ... i think.
sprayed them all up with lithium white grease then moved them around a bit to spread the grease. seems to have taken the squeak away totally for now.
sprayed all the gearshift components with that grease too and its nice and smoooth
sprayed them all up with lithium white grease then moved them around a bit to spread the grease. seems to have taken the squeak away totally for now.
sprayed all the gearshift components with that grease too and its nice and smoooth
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