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lower control arm bushing trouble

Old 12-02-14, 07:58 PM
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This is how my bushing both look like now. The ride is rough and terrible. Any suggestions ask to replace the whole arm or where to find the right bushing without customizing the repairs?
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I used these, except my pat serial no was called adus 64? from another company. The front subframe will need to be loosened up. I purchased anothe set of the lower arms from the junk yard and pressed in the solid pooyurethane bushings.
Long story...the driver side bolt was seized and the tech had to cut through my stock control arm(aka radius arm) on the car. Thank goodness I pressed the bushings into a spare set.

If you can, try and buy a new lower control arm #2. And if you can afford it, I would buy the FIGS engineering set. I know he was working on a bushing kit that is supposedly better rhan your standard polyurethane bushing.



1993-1997 Lexus GS300 Control Arm BushingAST W0133-1844554 Front LowerInner 93-97 Lexus lower Control Arm #2

https://www.google.com/search?q=poly...43865888157567

I hope rhis helps. Please forgive my grammatical errors...im texting from phone.

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Old 12-03-14, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by kene
I used these, except my pat serial no was called adus 64? from another company. The front subframe will need to be loosened up. I purchased anothe set of the lower arms from the junk yard and pressed in the solid pooyurethane bushings.
Long story...the driver side bolt was seized and the tech had to cut through my stock control arm(aka radius arm) on the car. Thank goodness I pressed the bushings into a spare set.

If you can, try and buy a new lower control arm #2. And if you can afford it, I would buy the FIGS engineering set. I know he was working on a bushing kit that is supposedly better rhan your standard polyurethane bushing.



1993-1997 Lexus GS300 Control Arm BushingAST W0133-1844554 Front LowerInner 93-97 Lexus lower Control Arm #2

https://www.google.com/search?q=poly...43865888157567

I hope rhis helps. Please forgive my grammatical errors...im texting from phone.
Thank you for your information. I'm going to look into it.
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Default Roca RC-666024

Originally Posted by VIP_Dreamz
I have a 94 Lexus gs300. So I needed to get the lower control arm bushings replaced. I found some on ebay...only to find out the bushing does fit but the hole for the camber adjustment bolt won't fit.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/LEXUS...Q5fAccessories
I came across this really old thread yesterday while I was taking a break right before I was going to press some Roca bushings into my lower control/radius/caster arm on my 93 GS300. I have to say that I'm really glad I did, because I went out and checked fitment and it's way off. The eccentric bolt doesn't fit because the center hole in the bushing is to small, and the bushing is to tall so it doesn't even fit in the subframe channel. I did call the bushing manufacturer Rocar-USA to ask some questions and they stated that those bushings are the only ones they produce for this application, and also stated that I was the first one to ever tell them that they don't fit.

So to sum things up the Roca bushings RC-666024 DOES NOT FIT the 93 GS , and this thread kept a bad day from turning into a really bad day.
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Default Ploy Bushings for those in need

http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...product_id=277

Figs sells a whole bushing kit and they also provide a blog to show some tips and tricks to install. Just purchased these for my car, looking forward to installing them.
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Originally Posted by Boosted1st
http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...product_id=277

Figs sells a whole bushing kit and they also provide a blog to show some tips and tricks to install. Just purchased these for my car, looking forward to installing them.
Yup, thx. Got a set on the way from Figs
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