Proforged sleeved polygraphite LCA bushings!
Ok so here’s the update on where I’m at with replacing the lower control arm bushings in my dart. Thank you everyone for chiming in and continue to advise me. I pressed out a set of original OEM rubber lca bushings so I would have an outer and inner steel sleeve to adapt to my polygraphite LCA bushings. Now there seems to be an issue. The polygraphite bushing isn’t tight enough within the outer steel sleeve that goes into the control arm. It can spin when I twist on it. Also the inner steel sleeve that goes inside the polygraphite bushing also isn’t very tight and I can push it in and out without a ton of effort. The only fit that appears to be real tight is pressing the pivot shaft into the inner steel sleeve. With all the motion or spinning within the LCA is it even worth it to install the polygraphite bushings? Here are some of my thoughts/changes?
1. Try to find a steel sleeve slightly thicker for a tighter fit within the polygraphite bushing. This may spread the bushing a little and tighten it up within the outer sleeve.
2. Wait to try to install the proforged steel sleeved polygraphite bushings I ordered? I’m just worried that they will have the same problem.
3. Just for the LCA go with OEM rubber bushings?
4. If I do go with a polygraphite bushing and the pivot shaft doesn’t have a grease fitting will I be ok if I grease the s**t out of the bushing between the polygraphite and the steel before I install? I was told that any metal to metal surfaces shouldn’t be greased. I don’t drive my cars more than 2,000 miles a year or in rain.
See pic below.
Ok so here’s the update on where I’m at with replacing the lower control arm bushings in my dart. Thank you everyone for chiming in and continue to advise me. I pressed out a set of original OEM rubber lca bushings so I would have an outer and inner steel sleeve to adapt to my polygraphite LCA bushings. Now there seems to be an issue. The polygraphite bushing isn’t tight enough within the outer steel sleeve that goes into the control arm. It can spin when I twist on it. Also the inner steel sleeve that goes inside the polygraphite bushing also isn’t very tight and I can push it in and out without a ton of effort. The only fit that appears to be real tight is pressing the pivot shaft into the inner steel sleeve. With all the motion or spinning within the LCA is it even worth it to install the polygraphite bushings? Here are some of my thoughts/changes?
1. Try to find a steel sleeve slightly thicker for a tighter fit within the polygraphite bushing. This may spread the bushing a little and tighten it up within the outer sleeve.
2. Wait to try to install the proforged steel sleeved polygraphite bushings I ordered? I’m just worried that they will have the same problem.
3. Just for the LCA go with OEM rubber bushings?
4. If I do go with a polygraphite bushing and the pivot shaft doesn’t have a grease fitting will I be ok if I grease the s**t out of the bushing between the polygraphite and the steel before I install? I was told that any metal to metal surfaces shouldn’t be greased. I don’t drive my cars more than 2,000 miles a year or in rain.
See pic below.