I wanted to make a quick post about my own stupidity somehow breaking one of the bolts on my front lower control arm on my 2000 Civic Hatch. It is one of the bolts that holds the piece that goes to the compensator bushing.

My situation is my tire is hitting my fender the car pulls to the left if i drive over any bumps, so i am wondering what might else be wrong?

I have tried to check everything i can to see is there is anything bent or welds that have broken on the mounting points and nothing seems to be out of place.

My idea is that since there are rubber bushings in there that they are just twisting and that is why things have moved?

My plan is to get a used lower control arm and wanted to get new oem bushings but don't want to but a new arm since its about 200. I am hurting for funds so you can imagine what im trying to do.

Can you buy the control arm bushings separate or what option might i have with that...i really dont want to put old bushings on my car.

Im sure an alignment will be needed but are there any other options for flca's for an ek?

Any ideas of what i should check i would really appreciate it!

David

 

I believe honda will sell the bushing. But you gonna need to press the old bushing out and press the new one it. It must be done on a press because there is a ton of force involved getting those things in and out.

 

I would go for a Mevotech replacement lower control arm. Part numbers MS9748 and MS9747. They are $95 at rockauto.com and include all the bushings. Search online for a 10% discount code for rockauto to bring the price even further down. These are the stamped versions of the control arms like how the Si ones are so they should be lighter than the cast ones currently on your vehicle. One caveat however: if they are the same dimensions as the Si control arms, you will need the Si style shock forks for them to fit on your vehicle.

 

I was thinking about just getting the si control arms, but then realized that i will need the si strut fork, but i wonder what is the real difference is?

i have access to a press so thats not really a big deal, but the one thing that sticks in my mind is that i would like to upgrade if there is any possible way to do so