I took my 54 Lincoln Capri suspension apart, keeping one side together for reference. I but I think I still messed it up. I am trying to put the second side back together and now I think both sides are wrong. There is a shaft that goes between the two bushings. There are a pair of ears, not sure what else to call them, near one end of the shaft that goes up against the bushing. The other side has no ears. There is a large washer that goes up against a bushing but I don't know what goes where. I'm thinking the ears goes up against the washer and that goes up against the bushing. The other side of the shaft goes inside the bushing rubber about a half inch. I had a machine shop put the last bushing in and the ears are against the rubber of a bushing, bending the rubber pretty far. He did it the way I gave it to him. My error not his.
So if someone can confirm the way I have described it, I'd appreciate it. The manual doesn't show enough details so I can tell for sure. Thanks

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

I just found a video I shot of the engine bay before I took the suspension apart. It shows the ears side without the washer, it's on the other side. I just don't know why the bushing on the ears side is so far in that it's squishing the rubber against the ears. I know that bushing has a step halfway down that maybe that's how far it's supposed to be pressed in. Therefore not touching the ears. Help please

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

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Here is an ILL of the upper arm and hardware.

Can you show a photo of your install?

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My manual shows the same diagram but it doesn't show me which end of the shaft has the ears. I'm assuming that in that diagram you posted, the ears are on the far side since the near side does not show them. I'm posting a few pics of the first side. I think it's right since I saw an old video of the control arm before I tore into it.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Using the PARTS ILL above, can you call out 'ear' by the PN?

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It doesn't show the ears on the illustration. They're two raised hunks of metal on one side of the shaft right after the bolt hole. I believe they're there to push the bushing out when you have to remove it. My middle pic kinda shows them on the left end. I'm going to get a better pic in a few and point to them.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Here's a pic of the 'ears'

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri

Those are stops.

Did you take a photo of the assemblies before removing? Where did you source the parts?

The larger washers painted green. Was that the way they were originally assembled? Are there matching washers on the lower control arm bushings?

The ILL shown earlier is correct assy -



Do you mean the other side of the car or the other end of the shaft?

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I meant the other side of the shaft has no stops. Both upper and lower arms have the large washers. I forget where I got the bushings but they were in plastic bags with the correct part not embers printed on the bags.
I took a short video of the assemblies before I tore it apart and it shows the way I did the green assembly so I think I have it right. If only the manual I'll showed which end has the stops, I wouldn't have had this issue.

Brad
Sierra Vista Arizona
1954 Lincoln Capri