Brozee

Going to have the upper control arm bushings replaced finally on my car, as they are split the dealer says. I hear a crunching noise when going over bumps. I am having both front upper's replaced. Can anyone link me to the upper control arm bushings as I find some bushings online but can't tell if it is the upper lower or something else. Hoping to have my local mechanic try to change them for me, hopefully its not too hard. Anything else I should change at the time, or just replace anything if they look bad?
Thanks

Satch0922

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Brozee

Thankyou very much !

05SilverA8

Do these press in to the Control Arm? About how much labor is involved getting to these, from what I can see you need to drop the air shock from the strut tower.

Brozee

Not sure, going to have my mechanic look at it and see if he can tackle it. Hopefully he can

bosbo

My mechanic was able to get the control arms out without doing anything to the shocks. he swapped both sides in about an hour and a half, but i replaced the arms not the bushings. good luck

Brozee

Well the bushings are inside the control arms. So if he can fully replace the arms you can replace the bushings. All you do is take the arms off and pop out the bushings and replace them. Easier said than done, hopefully my mechanic can do it pretty easy as he works out of his garage and he would do it for free.

bosbo

good luck, my car rides totally different now. like new. I think that your mechanic will have to press the bushings out and then in.

Brozee

That's what I was contemplating. I don't know what it feels like to have the new bushings in. As when I got the car I think they were in a bad condition. I know i hear a crunch when going over bumps. When you say the car rides completely different, how so? And all you replaced were the upper control arm bushings?
Thanks

Mister Bally

Are you sure that "crunch" isn't the clicking wheel bearings (also makes the distinct clicking when turning and standingstill/driving slow such as parking? My car has done that since day 1 but hasn't changed at all (in 60,000+ miles) so I don't even think about it.