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Lower Control Arm bushings

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I am in the middle of installing new control arm bushings on the '55 Ford Fairlane. When I removed the arms from the car both lower bushings had been pressed in from the inside of the arm - rears pressed towards the rear of the car and the fronts pressed towards the front of the car. The parts catalog illustrations show it this way and OldCarMark's manual (he has been a tremendous help to me on this) show it this way as well. My '55 shop manual says "On Thunderbirds, the front bushing is pressed in from the inside of the lower front leg. On all other cars, the front bushing is pressed in from the outside of the leg." OldCarMark says his manual says nothing about the Thunderbirds and other cars being different. Has anybody come across this?



Also I am having some difficulty determining how far to press the new bushings in. The bushings that I purchased have poorly defined shoulders and it is impossible to tell when they have been pressed in the right amount. Is there a distance i could measure as i am sur this would have a bearing on the alignment.



Thanks for your help.

Mark

1956 Mercury M100
1955 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
Delta, British Columbia

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Forum Post Lower Control Arm bushings By lyonroad ( 13 Years Ago )
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