RE: {Chrysler 300} 1958 300 Upper Control Arm Bushings

John,

I had a lot of trouble installing my control arm bushings. The OD was a few thou larger than they should be. What I noticed was they the tooling used to make the bushings left a very slight ridge on the outer case at four or five points. Look out for that. I ended up filing the ridges off and then dressing the surface on my polisher. I also had to chamfer the control arm at the end so that they would press in. It was still a VERY hard press but they went in.

James

From: 'royjrdaniel' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 10:01
To: larry.pwb via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 'John Lazenby' <french_fryguy@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} 1958 300 Upper Control Arm Bushings

I had to go to a napa locally owned store and they had them. It did take 3 times to get the right parts. Very frustrating because my alignment guy took the car apart and my D tied up his lift for 3 weeks. Usually the locally owned stores still have the books to physically look up the part numbers and cross reference them

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From: "larry.pwb via Chrysler 300 Club International" <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: 1/16/24 12:38 PM (GMT-05:00)

To: 'John Lazenby' <french_fryguy@xxxxxxxxx>, 'Chrysler300' <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} 1958 300 Upper Control Arm Bushings

Thanks John

They only have the smaller diameter ones .93 inch as opposed to 1.03 inch for the bigger cars

Larry

From: 'John Lazenby' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 9:29 AM
To: 'Chrysler300' <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; larry.pwb@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: {Chrysler 300} 1958 300 Upper Control Arm Bushings

Try these people: Manufacturer of Steering and Suspension Parts - Rare Parts

John Lazenby

On Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 09:22:24 AM PST, larry.pwb via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anybody sell new Control Arm Bushings for a 1958 300

Looks like the ones for sale on-line are older replacement parts

My concern is the rubber on these unused older bushings is probably deteriorating

Larry

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