Lower Control Arm bushing?/tire wear...

metrick1235 · Sep 2, 2011

So i searched and i couldnt find anything, Can you change out the lower control arm bushing on the front? or do you have to replace the entire control arm... im replacing the upper control arm on the passenger side because the ball joint is going out on it, I just did the lower ball joint the other day when i did brakes..and now its out of alignment.... Like bad.. So while im at it replacing all the parts i thought i would do the bushing if its replaceable (its kinda cracking a bit)

It wore really bad on the inside of the passenger front tire... So while i have the entire car apart again i want to do the lower bushing...

Unless anyone knows why it would wear that bad, something im missing maybe...

metrick1235 · Sep 3, 2011

anybody?

Sketch o5 · Sep 3, 2011

im sure the bushings can be replaced, but youd have to remove the arm and press out the old and press in the new.

personally, id just buy a new lower arm and swap them out.

metrick1235 · Sep 6, 2011

I know i had some wear because they are unidirectional tires but this is the excessive i was talking about.. Thought some pics might help.. sorry for bad quality because they are from my crackberry... im still going to do the upper control arm and then get an alignment... any opinions of if thats all i possibly need...