shika805 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 hello Z peoples, I ran into an issue today with installing the front control arm bushings on my 71 Z. It looks like the front control arm bushings supplied by Energy Suspension doesn't fit my control arms? The bushings diameter is too large to fit through the mount hole? Its not even able to be forced in? The sleeve provided fits fine for the bolt to go through. I read through the parts list and made sure I had the right bushing number that's imprinted on the bushing itself. (bushing #3060 and 3061, front control arm) One thing I found interesting was that there was another set of bushings that look similar to the front control arm bushings? They fit perfectly snug into the mount hole but the sleeve is too small for the bolt that goes through it??? Another issue was that the bushing part # was not listed in the list of bushings provided with the full kit. (bushing #4066, unknown bushing) I was wondering if anyone had experience with the Energy Suspension Bushing Kit? Has anyone ran into this problem and if so what did you do? I called and spoke with a tech from energy suspension but he told me that the bushing were correct for my model Z (71 240z). I am seriously thinking of shaving some material off the bushing to fit the control arms?!?! but i don't know if thats a good idea??? Any help with this is very much appreciated, and thanks in advance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 You cut the collars out of the LCAs, Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 oh i see ok... so these collar?? how did you get them to come out???? did you need to press them out??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Search much?????? Get a hack saw, and cut the collar to the LCA. Find a similar size socket as the collar and bang it out of the LCA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 i've been searching, no luck... time to cut then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 you can press them out, but you'll do more damage to the control arm. Get a hacksaw, cut through the collar on one side, then exact opposite side. then you can press/hammer it out very easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 awesome... thanks for that tip, do you have any photos on how you did it maybe?? what do you think of shaving down the bushings to fit??? i'm guessing not a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nsm0l3m4n Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 http://atlanticz.ca/zclub/techtips/suspension/frontcontrolarm/index.html This should help a bit. Atlantic Z techtips are a great resource, I check them before most anywhere else. I threw in my arms with a larger set of items I needed pressed when I took them to a machine shop. They pressed out the bushing and the ring, I didnt notice any damage to the arm at all... You got me a little nervous now, anything particular I should look for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 thats perfect thanks a lot! i remember going to that site a few times, but i lost the link. thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shika805 Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 i got them off!!! and replaced them with the new bushings!!! thanks for the info guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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