lower a arm bushing replacement?

[jramey]

So I've descovered my bushings in my lower a arms in the front to be the culprit of my mysterious shimmy/wobble. I was curious to see if anyone had a decent write up of how to fix this so I can see what all I will need

 

[tjkj2002]

Good luck.A torch,50ton press,and alot of cursing after a couple of hours you may get them out.

I bought the correct special tools to remove/install them and they broke in 30 seconds.Just bought new LCA's and was cheaper,easier,and all 3 bushings already installed.

 

[jramey]

Good luck.A torch,50ton press,and alot of cursing after a couple of hours you may get them out.

I bought the correct special tools to remove/install them and they broke in 30 seconds.Just bought new LCA's and was cheaper,easier,and all 3 bushings already installed.

Price for new lowers?

 

[tjkj2002]

Price for new lowers?

Well they tripled since the time I did mine,about $400 each.

 

[jramey]

Well they tripled since the time I did mine,about $400 each.

Well crap, its about cheeper to pay a shop to do it

 

[tjkj2002]

Well crap, its about cheeper to pay a shop to do it

Dealers around here and other places quote about $1200 to replace them,they know how labor intensive it is.If you find a cheaper place they will be hating you,more so the tech as he will loose big $$$ on that job.Good luck.

Oh and a alignment will be needed after also as the LCA mount bolts also set your front camber/caster.

 

[nzoliver]

Hi,

Bushes were cheap from Morris 4x4 and a couple of hours per side max. Maybe it cost me NZ$350 (about US$300). I have the upper arm bushes in a box ready to go too!!

 

[Xodius]

Break down for mine (done last year)
Bushings $90
Press out old and in new $110
A couple beers and an afternoon of messing around.
Total: $200 plus beer. Did all but the pressing myself.


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[BjBnet]

I went and bought 2 used ones at the scrap yard off a KJ with about 25k Kms. $100 each, painted them black, slapped them on and never looked back.

 

[yellocoyote]

I went and bought 2 used ones at the scrap yard off a KJ with about 25k Kms. $100 each, painted them black, slapped them on and never looked back.

I kind of did the same. I replaced my drivers side LCA with a used one from a donor KJ with 40K miles on them for $50.

 

[Lima.Charlie]

I replaced the bushings in mine with a press, mapp gas, and some busted toes. I would hit up a junkyard. Much easier and less time involved!

 

[jramey]

I've been searching for a junk kj to snag them off of

 

[yellocoyote]

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