Lower control arm.... confused with bushing

cookietruck said
once the car is at right height, that torsion bar socket is solidly part of the LCA because of the height adjustment bolt. I wouldn't worry too much about slop there. The strut rod locates your wheel. Actually, I boxed my LCA's and I tried to get around fixing my k member where the strut rod bolts up, also my improved design strut bushing didn't seat properly in the hole in the k member. When I tightened my LCA pivot pin nuts, it actually pulled the pivot pin out of the inner sleeve of the bushing about 3/8". If the torsion bar socket could've moved in the arm, the pivot pin would've pulled out much less than 3/8" because I forgot to clamp the LCA tight in that spot before I tacked my plates on :lol:

I would just box the control arms, put new bushings in and move on...

Riiiiight. Except, if the arm can flex around on the torsion bar socket, all that movement goes straight to the wheels. The height adjustment bolt keeps the angle between the socket and the body control arm fixed, but it doesn't keep the outside structure of the arms from flexing around on the socket.

And, if you're using OE style rubber bushings and pulled the pivot pin out of the bushing when you tightened the nut on the pin there's a really good chance you damaged those LCA bushings. The strut rod does HELP locate the LCA, but the LCA itself can still flex. Especially if you're still using strut rod bushings.