Delrin camber LCA busing install
Can the LCA bushing be removed without the complete removal of the LCA?
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No.
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Not easily anyway ;)
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So there is a possibility, or is it just easier just to take it out?
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Anything is possible, depending on your skill level and determination. But why would you not want to remove it to do it right?
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Considering removing them is about a 15 min job...why would you bother ;)
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Especially since we can only put delrin bushings in the UCA, not the LCA
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What is the best way to get the LCA bushing out, would a bearing press kit be enough to remove it. Or do I need a shop press.
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Originally Posted by thewatcher101
(Post 4668442)
What is the best way to get the LCA bushing out, would a bearing press kit be enough to remove it. Or do I need a shop press.
The FSM says to cut them. I'd prob torch em tho. :( |
Are the bushing completely rubber or they they have a metal outer sleeve.
My shop wants only 200 bux for labor to do it.........so tempting. |
I just got it and was wondering if anyone can give me some tips or a step by step to make my life easier.
The bushing is metal on the outside, does it still require lube? https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...372b00132c.jpg https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.rx8...8e536b2fb4.jpg |
carefully remove the rubber bushing and sleeve from LCA
press the new one in...you don't want it to be loose ( so no lube :) )...or it will rotate and screw up your alignment. I had to TIG weld the big side to the control arm as it would turn when I banged off the curbs at the track. For more "normal" usage it likely isn't an issue Then put in the bearing and the retaining side with the screws and you should be good |
Heating/torching aluminum is a good way of making it susceptible to bending and deformation under load because you will remove the temper. The bushings should be pressed out, but the arm also has to be supported properly to not damage it in the process ...
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You shouldn't torch it......when I did mine I had already cut the front part of the bushing off as it had seized on the bolt. I pressed out the center part and then sliced the outer metal sleeve carefully part way through and pressed it out. As I remember it took an hour a side...in a shop with air tools, an air chisel and die grinders...a vise and a press. Not sure doing it at home would be a fun job
It isn't simple...and you need to be patient. If you screw it up it get expensive really quick |
The shop it is then, thank you for that advice. I think I will only do one side since only my driver side not getting the angle it needs. My car is track too and since this part doesn't hold onto it's alignment as well as stock bushing. I would like to keep it as stock as possible. For the price he is asking, it would be totally worth it. It does not sound fun.
Wouldn't welding the bushing in place, remove any ability to adjust it? |
You don't really want to adjust the camber with that bushing...you put it in...and then use the camber adjuster that the car has stock. Think of this as an offset bushing...not as an adjuster.
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Does it matter where the bushing is rotated during welding?
LOL....yes. |
I wouldn't weld it unless you are having issues with it moving.....it isn't supposed to be welded...it is just the only way I could keep mine from moving on hard track abuse
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Srsly?
Originally Posted by thewatcher101
(Post 4673243)
Does it matter where the bushing is rotated during welding?
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
(Post 4673252)
Srsly?
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Originally Posted by dannobre
(Post 4673257)
Which part ☺?
Tack welding it makes perfect sense, butnot researching, or acquiring an understanding, or not reading the instructions for modifications before you go there, not so much . |
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