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Originally Posted by Ypahihi
When I replaced the rubbers for the second time I had a hell of a time getting the ball joint to seat correctly into the A frame.
I read online that I may need either a spacer on the A fame or a double cardon drive shaft to correct this problem.
So, I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction for a fix before I start throwing money at the old girl again.
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I've had my rear upper control arm bushes chew out once, with a similar lift. I've made a 10mm spacer (because I had 10mm plate) and added this to the rear balljoint mounting. While the angles were't bad, this did improve the situation and I'm keeping an eye on the bushes to see what happens. IRO do a bigger spacer, but this may be a bit much for your application.
I used the balljoint as a template to make mine, the only minor challenge I had was to bore the big hole required to place the balljoint in.
All of my other bushes are SuperPro poly and I've been very happy with the result. I've learnt not to listen to others that have no experience and have found these to work very well in a number of vehicles. They are however more expensive to purchase, but if they last longer and don't negatively impact ride quality I'm of the opinion they are worth the investment.
Next time I need to do the uppers, I think I'll be replacing the with the superior bushes. In many ways I'm sorry I didn't do this initially.
They may be worthwhile considering IMHO.
Jason