2000 Jeep TJ with (what the previous owner claims) a 6” Rough country lift. The red polyurethane lower control arm bushings are shot. RC has been zero help and I cannot find replacement bushings. ‘3533’ is stamped on the bushings I removed.
These 8 Moog replacement bushings will go on my jeep
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I'll stay with my 2.5" lift for now, which means i wont be needing different CAs so these bushings will be used on an as needed or PRN basis..
Anyone up for a bushing install par tay, i dont think I can motivate myself unless other Jeep heads are around ...
Thanks for that suggestion @Brad W ... I certainly will.Check out Harbor Freight. They have a hydraulic press for about $130 that will save a ton of time and cussing. Ball joint presses are great to have but that press will make easy work of this Job.
Thanks for that suggestion @Brad W ... I certainly will.
My garage/shop needs a cool hydraulic press and I'm in to saving time for sure.
Well a rigid control arm with factory bushings will not twist like an OEM one, so you will not get as much articulation with your old arms. I put on Rusty's arms on my wifes old TJ, I put factory arms back on because I kept blowing out bushings due to the lack of rotational flex.
The c-channel shape of the stock arms allows for some rotational flex. When you replace that with a solid fixed arm with poly bushings, no more rotational flex. That's what can lead to ripping off a control arm mount under certain extreme situations.That seems bizarre to me..... you actually get MORE articulation from stock CAs??