Welp today I attempted and completed my first real dyi and replaced the bushings on my front lower control arms. Bought the meyle hd bushings from desert motor works. (thanks again ruben)
Took the car over to my uncles garage and we got it up on stands and after yanking off the old bushings and housings we noticed the recessed part around the holes where the bolts come through on the housing for the bushing was facing away from the subframe.
Of off the subframe comes the lips around the holes that the bolts go into. Those lips sit inside the recessed part of the housing to keep the bushing in place. The lips were up against the wrong side pushing the housing off of the subframe so it was not flush at all.
My guess is the shadey used car dealership put these on in a hurry to get the car ready for a sale and put them on completely wrong. It's no frickin wonder my steering was driving me crazy. Anyway after I got the new ones on the car drives great. Install went without a hitch and requires no alignment. I'd love to know how big of a difference having those on backwards actually makes. Time will tell I Guess.
Took the car over to my uncles garage and we got it up on stands and after yanking off the old bushings and housings we noticed the recessed part around the holes where the bolts come through on the housing for the bushing was facing away from the subframe.
Of off the subframe comes the lips around the holes that the bolts go into. Those lips sit inside the recessed part of the housing to keep the bushing in place. The lips were up against the wrong side pushing the housing off of the subframe so it was not flush at all.
My guess is the shadey used car dealership put these on in a hurry to get the car ready for a sale and put them on completely wrong. It's no frickin wonder my steering was driving me crazy. Anyway after I got the new ones on the car drives great. Install went without a hitch and requires no alignment. I'd love to know how big of a difference having those on backwards actually makes. Time will tell I Guess.