Just bought a set of lower control arm bushing from Sewell Lexus for a 1999 SC300, bushings were bigger and longer there not OEM WTF? from Sewell???, push it bushings in, its so tight i cant fit the metal sleeves into it ( old sleeves got *** up, cant use it anymore). Anybody have experience using bushings without the metal sleeves? Please help

 

I know there are some differences in the arms after a certain year, not sure if this applies to your problem, but hopefully someone else can chime in with a better answer

Thanks,
Rick

 

Can you please take a picture of what you're talking about so we can help you? The polyurethane ushings from Sewell are really not OEM. OEM is made out of rubber.

In my experience though, the polyurethane's are really a tight fit. I had to use a mallet to get it all the way in. Same for the metal sleeves. Check my build thread on my sig so you can see the difference if there's any.

 

Install all the bushing without the sleeve and put the whole assembly Back together, is it safe to drive around like this with no sleeves? My old one is mess up, and Sewell do not sell sleeves