My 1990 Accord has torn upper a-arm bushings. Normally, I wouldn't be too worried, but the shocks haven't lasted very long. Granted, they are Midas cheapo struts, so I have to take it with a grain of salt. My question; will the bushings cause premature wear of the struts??? Thanks.

 

I am going to bump this as I have a similar question. I would think in your case it would cause premature strut wear.

I have an '89 Prelude that the upper control arm bushings are completely gone. There is an indentation in the control arm from rubbing against the spring. At this point I was just going to get a whole suspension assembly from one of the U-Pull it places around here. Would this be a better idea than replacing the bushings themselves? It looks like NAPA has the bushings fairly cheap, but they need to be pressed in, correct? Plus I am not sure if the strut/spring has been damaged from the control arm rubbing against it. I need to do axles on both sides, so either way I am going to need to pull the suspension apart, but I was wondering which way I should go with this. The ball joints are also leaking lots of grease, so I am guessing those will need replaced too. I just have a feeling that any stuff I find at the junk yard is going to be of similar condition.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 91DA9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I am going to bump this as I have a similar question. I would think in your case it would cause premature strut wear.

I have an '89 Prelude that the upper control arm bushings are completely gone. There is an indentation in the control arm from rubbing against the spring. At this point I was just going to get a whole suspension assembly from one of the U-Pull it places around here. Would this be a better idea than replacing the bushings themselves? It looks like NAPA has the bushings fairly cheap, but they need to be pressed in, correct? Plus I am not sure if the strut/spring has been damaged from the control arm rubbing against it. I need to do axles on both sides, so either way I am going to need to pull the suspension apart, but I was wondering which way I should go with this. The ball joints are also leaking lots of grease, so I am guessing those will need replaced too. I just have a feeling that any stuff I find at the junk yard is going to be of similar condition.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can buy new bushings, and they shouldn't have to be pressed in. Get some suspension grease and some elbow grease and they should pop in. This is obviously easier if you have the upper control arm OUT of the car.

 

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You can buy new bushings, and they shouldn't have to be pressed in. Get some suspension grease and some elbow grease and they should pop in. This is obviously easier if you have the upper control arm OUT of the car. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool, thanks. I went to the U-pull it place and the bushings seemed to have been in good shape, but the ball joints were blown on all of them. Those are bolted to the control arm, correct? Or are they pressed in? I was just thinking of getting the A-Arm from the junkyard and puuting new ball joints in it. How often do those bushings fail? The ones I was looking at seemed to be in great shape even though some of them had 200k+ miles on them. I'm assuming as long as the rubber is good they will last a while? I am planning on keeping the car for at least 2 years.