LCA Bushing Help

[falcben]

Seeking advice!

I am about to order bushings for my lower control arms. My pivot shafts are in great shape and so are the shells, is it okay to run the original shafts in poly bushings if I grease them correctly? Or do I need to order a kit with greaseable shafts?

 

[Adam]

Yes, you can reuse the pivot shafts, and use polyurethane bushings. I am not so sure about re-using the shells. Anyway, a quick search turned up this how to article. Credit to Mopar Muscle, and crazysmopar.

Replacing Mopar Front Suspension's Lower Control-Arm Bushing

 

[moparleo]

Just FYI, Poly bushings are great for handling and will last a long, long time, But they will also make noise. Using a poly friendly grease when installing will help but eventually they will get noisy again. Most people replace all of the bushings with poly except for the lowers. They will just go with rubber and replace them when needed. Much quieter.

 

[340challconvert]

My understanding is that when using poly bushings in the LCA's, you can leave the sleeve in the arm. The rubber bushings twist w the pivot shaft vs. the poly's rotate.
There was an article in Mopar Muscle awhile back about this. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Dodgeboy]

The bushing kit that I bought 20 years ago only has the LCA poly bushing & shaft sleeve, the instructions say to reuse the factory outer sleeve. And yes I finally found the time to install them.