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Mail From: jem (John Miller)

> After some quality time under the car with a flashlight tonight I
> finally figured out what bushing they were talking about. It's the back
> bushing of the driver's side upper control arm. It's like half of the
> bushing just sheared off!

Did it shear off, or unscrew from the arm?

Those caps are steel, and thread into the arm. It would be highly unusual,
I'd think, for it to shear off, unless it were somehow damaged. Are you
sure it isn't just sticking out the back of the arm?

The arm pivots (shaft and bushing caps) should be available new and if
there's any question about the health of the bushing I'd definitely plan on
changing the shaft too, but you want to check the rear hole in the control
arm to ensure that the bushing threads TIGHTLY into the hole, and use red
Loctite on it too.

John.