new bushings for control arms

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is there any place i can buy new (or maybe upgraded) bushiings for the front control arms, mine are rotted away on my car and my parts car!

Not on pre 98's. Need an entire new arm. Call BAT.

Yap, and take it in the bad place for the price of those new control arms too.

looks like im not getting new control arms then

Originally posted by todras:
Not on pre 98's. Need an entire new arm. Call BAT.

Not on any. Less pricey on the later cars, though.

As usual, the best source is Signature LM. I think it's around $250 for the set, vs over $300 at BAT.

sorry to steal your post but i have the same problem with a 1998.5 svt. could i change the bushings or do i have to change the whole control arm? thanks for any help

Same answer, but about half the cost.

Originally posted by RogerB:
Same answer, but about half the cost.

half the cost of 250?

Originally posted by svtkid04:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Same answer, but about half the cost.

half the cost of 250?

From BAT pre98 is about $150 each side, post 98 is like $75.

How come fordpartsonline sells just the bushings if they cant be replaced?

How do you install the rear control arm bushings?
I got a set and couldnt find the right fittings to get in those tight spaces on the rear subframe
Any help would be great!

Originally posted by mySVT:
How come fordpartsonline sells just the bushings if they cant be replaced?

they sell those for the rear control arms, not for the fronts.

T.

Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

Originally posted by svtkid04:

Originally posted by RogerB:
Same answer, but about half the cost.

half the cost of 250?

From BAT pre98 is about $150 each side, post 98 is like $75.

Less than that. It's about $37/each on post 1998.5. I found them on www.genuine-ford-parts.com. I replaced both of mine when replacing the wheel bearings. It was very little incremental work to do both at the same time.

Originally posted by RogerB:

Originally posted by todras:
Not on pre 98's. Need an entire new arm. Call BAT.

Not on any. Less pricey on the later cars, though.

As usual, the best source is Signature LM. I think it's around $250 for the set, vs over $300 at BAT.

Does anyone know what a dealer would charge to change out the control arms. Also, maybe a rough estimate on an independent shop or at least the book time. I have a 98.5 SVT.

Thanks....

The design sucks on post 98.5s, but hey, the whole A-arm, with new bushing and ball joint, was 48$ canadian...

At some point, there was some talk about getting some poly bushings to slide into post 98.5 a-arms. Some british poly bushing maker was working on these...But the above price kinda killed the project in the egg...

My SVT has the pre 98 style. I got lucky and had some good arms around as they were bad.

If anyone is interested I can get the 4 bolt control arms (earlier design) brand new from ford for $105 US a side... These are direct Ford parts not aftermarket either

PM me for details

Originally posted by 96BlackSE:
If anyone is interested I can get the 4 bolt control arms (earlier design) brand new from ford for $105 US a side... These are direct Ford parts not aftermarket either

PM me for details

The 4 bolt design is not just on the early cars. it's on the 2001 Cougars also!!!!!!! Just a little food for thought

You learn something new everyday

Originally posted by Thinkmoto:

Originally posted by 96BlackSE:
If anyone is interested I can get the 4 bolt control arms (earlier design) brand new from ford for $105 US a side... These are direct Ford parts not aftermarket either

PM me for details

The 4 bolt design is not just on the early cars. it's on the 2001 Cougars also!!!!!!! Just a little food for thought

Ok, I have spent a half an hour at least "searching" for an answer to this rear control arm "poly bushings" install.
No luck.
Here are some pics that correlate with what I am refering to.
PLEASE some tell me and those with the same questions which arms the bushing go in. They are the Energy Suspension set from SP motorsports.

AFAIK the only replacement bushings Energy makes are the sway bar bushings and sway bar endlink bushings?

the poly bushings go in the locations in blue...if you hold the bushings up to all parts, this is the only place they fit

i'm still doing a little research but i know the forward stock bushings have to be burned out, i'm not sure about the rears.

found it:

Originally posted by Bradness:
If you purchased the ES "kit" you have 4 bushings for the longitudinal "trailing arms" which run lengthwise from front to rr. YOu must burn out the old bushings which is very messy and smelly. The second set of bushings are meant to be installed in the knuckle. Very difficult to do with the knuckle on the car.

I tried them out and didn't like the additional harshness so I went back to the stockers. You'll get better handling with an acceptable ride by modifying the 4 lateral control arms.