LCA bushings shot

Agreed. I recently installed a set of Moog lca bushings,and instead of being a press fit on the lca pin, they were a slip fit. I mic'd the od of the pin, and they were within a half a thou of some other pins I had on the shelf. Had to knurl the pins to get a good press fit.

The next set of lca bushings I bought were Pro Forged. I only needed them for the inner shell.I found that instead of the rubber being a friction fit between the inner and outer shell like the Moog, they were molded to the shells. Needless to say, it was a fight to separate them.

So I am not sure how the Proforged molded bushings would hold up versus the traditional friction fit bushings. Would the molded be more likely to tear?

To be completely fair I haven’t used a rubber set of the Proforged LCA bushings.

But based on how the rubber bushings are supposed to function I wouldn’t think so. There shouldn’t be any movement between the rubber and the shells, all the movement is taken up by the flex in the rubber. That’s why the LCA pivot pins have to be torqued at ride height. The rubber in the friction fit bushings doesn’t slide on the shells when they’re installed either. So I wouldn’t think it would make a difference either way. The fit between the LCA and the shell and the pin and the shell is more important.