Need a quick answer, control arm bushing

[oddball]

I just replaced my rear passenger knuckle (long story), and the bushing that connects the upper control arm to the knuckle is donezo. Not only is that amount of give throwing off some other stuff, but there's metal on metal contact, so it's making this bad squeaking over bumps. My question is, where in the world do I buy just the 1 bushing? I don't need all this. Even a set of 4 is fine, I just don't wanna spend like a $100 on 32 piece set or whatever. Prothane/urethane/OEM doesn't matter to me, I just need to get this one fixed ASAP.

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[spdracr]

which bushing exactly are you looking for ? a pic would help.

[oddball]

Just typing an update actually.

For anyone who wants to avoid hours of scouring: Febest is the only seller of individual OEM replacements for this type of thing that I've found. Part Number MAB-051 is just what I was looking for. Unfortunately, when I was checking, every single website was out of stock, so I called them and they said they just got a shipment in and were "uploading" them today. If you're lucky enough for other vendors to have them in stock, Amazon's prob your best bet.

[spdracr]

those could be bought from prothane without buying the whole kit.

[spdracr]

here is a set of two stock replacement

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Upper-Rear-C...d664e9&vxp=mtr

[oakrdrs187]

Excellent!

I will soon be in need of such bushings.

Gotta love TGC and it's contributing memebers!

#spdracr

[spdracr]

i know prothane sells them because when i did my whole rear set, it didnt come with it and u have to buy them separately in a set of 2. and each side has 3 so u need to get 3 sets to cover those 6 bushings.

[oakrdrs187]

^^^did you buy off ebay or specific site like summit?

[spdracr]

ebay.

[oddball]

Awesome dude. I might end up just getting those. The rubber ones straight from Febest are $15/ea + free shipping, but eBay shipping is expedited and I trust it more, gotta weigh my options.

[oddball]

While I'm waiting for the real thing to get here I have a quick little workaround to keep the knuckle from sliding around too much, for anyone who may run into this in the future. Basically you're just making a mini gasket on the outside of the bushing.

Step 1: Go to a hardware store and get rubber washers. They were 10/$1 at Lowes.

Step 2: Pull off your wheel.

Step 3: Cut a few washers like this.

Step 4: Do what you can to get your knuckle aligned within the bracket, vice grips worked perfectly for me.

Step 5: Clear whatever excess rubber you can off the warn bushing to try and get an even surface for the rubber to sit in.

Step 6: Put those washers around the bolt.

Step 7: Take vice grips off, put wheel on, watch for potholes.


All said and done, 15-30 min operation, depending on your situation.

[oakrdrs187]

Those seals will get smashed up real quick.