front control arms

[Dave'n'Wen]

Originally Posted by EwenM

i think i'm going to get new arms, and fabricate a tool to remove and replace the upper fronts on the dif housing

Ewen

I have a set of XJ lower arms if you are still looking. In good nic, I just replaced the arms to adjustable to suit the lift. Let me know.

[AussieRCBasher]

SuperPro Poly Bush's Do a Kit to suit the front end of the XJ for $280 which insludes all bush's. The ones in the arms can be drilled out with a holesaw and the new ones inserted. That is how you fit the superpro kit, you drill the rubber out of the old bushs leaving the metal rings in then these fit in the stock metal rings into place.

My question is, is $280 cheap for a complete front end bush kit? or can you get them cheaper?

Cheers and sorry for the hijack

[lovemewrangler]

if they are the same as the TJ arms, which im assuming they are, new arms with bushes are only 30 or 40 bucks each through wooders...

[junglejuice]

Originally Posted by joshjeep

contact wooders on his sight he has oem replacment rubber ones
dont use polyurthane ones
the control arm one can be replaced but you have to be careful you dont crush the arms when you install them
the upper diff ends are pressed in also i have 350k on mine and they need done, i just havent got around to it but i have almost finished the installation tool i am makeing for the job

I am about to do thhis myself shortly so I would be very interested to see this tool and know how effective it was and if you would make it differently second time round....

[AussieRCBasher]

the arms are more like 130 through wooders.

[TheOoz]

I increased my lift from 2" to 3.5" about 6 months ago and at the time the lower control arm bushes were all okay. Now they have split so need to be replaced.

At 3.5" is it necessary to use an aftermarket arm like the RE superflex to cope with the amount of travel, or should standard arms/bushes still be okay to use?

[TheOoz]

I removed the upper control arms including the diff bushes today.

For the bush on the passenger side above the diff pumpkin, is it correct that the large flat face should be installed on the passenger side i.e. when installing it should be pressed in from the passenger side of the Jeep?