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Old 02-25-2014, 06:37 PM
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Default Changing front compliance bushing to spherical.

I have ordered Kingpin machine spherical front compliance bearings to replace the OEM ones, as the were made for NVH reduction. My question is will i need to remove the arm that goes to the f-lca to the compliance bearing ? any one replaced these on their cars in general ?. (I know spherical's are short lived if you street drive the car)
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Do these things not wear out or something ? lol someone has to know
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Default Re: Changing front compliance bushing to spherical.

what arm? you will have to remove the lower control arm to install them, yes.
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Default Re: Changing front compliance bushing to spherical.

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what arm? you will have to remove the lower control arm to install them, yes.
both, ok I'm guessing they need to be pressed in like other bearings too.
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The bushings slide off....unless they're rusted.

You remove the 19mm nut. The compliance bushings then come off.
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ok I'm just assuming they're a tighter fit then the oem and may need to be pressed in, the stock compliance are horribly soft even from the factory.
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Default Re: Changing front compliance bushing to spherical.

The stock bushing has a metal sleeve that attaches to the LCA mounting point. The metal is what it slides on.
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