lower arm\ poly bushes
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hi everyone

i need your help..

i have started asembling my front subframe, everything was going well till i started putting the lower arms in, i just cant get the big curvy bolt in through the poly bushes and the lower arm, i have tried everything i can think off. i can get the bushes on the bolt alone (tight) but the go in, i can get the bushes in the bottom arm just fine, put when i go and put it all togehter there it just wont go it.. did any body have this problem? any way around it? any tips?? im really desperate.

ps: im sure they are the right bushes

cheers

Large G clamp?

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

i dont have a big enough g clam, but that might just work. as for wlbow grease, i given it all i have..i it wont budge

Make sure that the bottom arm pins haven't got the old metal sleves from the old bushes still on them.

They tend to corrode on and aren't that easy to spot at first.

2nd that ^

Can you pre-assemble everything (pin, bushes & arm) on a workbench ok? But struggle to get it together on the subframe?

Hate to point out "obvious" things but it's got me in the past... the "flat" on the the wobbly pin is definitely lined up correctly? i.e. at the bottom?

What bushes are you using?

hi, first of all thanks for the replies guys... gavin im using the yellow poly bushes you can get on ebay.

pottsy, i can preassemble everything, if the bushes are on the pin, then it wont go in the arm(the bush is to fat) the bush itself will go in the arm, but then the pin wont go through cause the bush is a bit squezed.

advantage mate... i think you may be onto something, i didnt know that was a sleave with the original bushes, but now that you mention it i saw a small lip on the arm yesterday, but thought nothing of it... will go give this a try hope it works...