Upper Track Control Arm Repair

When working on the inner wheel arches I noticed there was excessive play on the o/s/f wheel. The rubber bushes on the upper track control arm were perished. A quick check on the other side of the car revealed the same, although not to such a degree. I decied to change these using the Febi-Bilstien repair kit:




This is how the original bushes looked:




The car was jacked up, wheel removed and supported on axle stands on both sides of the car (so i could turn the steering easy).

The the LCA (lower control arm) was jacked up about 1.5” so that the spring pressure was relieved from the shock absorber and supported with an axle stand.

A spanner on one side and a socket on the other soon removed the bolt. The bolt nearest the front of the car is much easier to get to. Access is tricky with the other one but doable:




Once removed, the arm can be moved around along with the steering to pull it away from the car:




Now the old bushes are accessable, a flat bladed screwdriver was used to prise them out:





This is how the old bushes looked:




The arm was then cleaned out, along with the mounting on the car.

The new bushes were then "wound" into the arm using the old bolt. A smear of washing up liquid on the bush made this easy work:






Once both sides were installed, the arm was offered back in and new bolts supplied with the kit were uses to secure into place (reversal of removal).