Front controll arm bushes

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vr4galant
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Front controll arm bushes

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Hello

Has anyone changed their controll arm bushes in their galant and what are the torque settings on the outer bolts. Has any one done nolathane?
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Re: Front controll arm bushes

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Hey mate I realise this post is over a year old but thought I would reply for those wanting information.

I changed out the factory rubber bushes in my GC for Nolathane bushes.....don't do it. The kit is wrong. The bushes are too big and mushroom and split when you press them into the correct position.
As well as this, the washers which sit on the front with the bolts, the inner crush tube in the Nolathane kit is too long by about 3-4mm.

If anyone is thinking about doing this measure the kit first and you may need to turn down the bushes first...or just stick with the factory rubber ones.


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Matt
'75 GC daily (slowly dying)
'80 LC 2.6L rally car (generally something broken until 2 weeks before an event)
'71 GA 2.6 Turbo project (i only wanted the diff and got another project)
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Re: Front controll arm bushes

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This is something I investigated for my project.... perfect for the situation of N/A or NLA/Obsolete etc......or if U just want to try it urself

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2_0BYvTkZ0o
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