RE: {Chrysler 300} RE: lower control arm bushing - Problem
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RE: {Chrysler 300} RE: lower control arm bushing - Problem



I got it as part of a front end package. I am not sure of the origin. When did you get the ones from rock auto?

 

I talked with the guy at Rare Parts but they do not have any in stock to measure. He said that .005 should be enough interference fit. Not .015.

 

On another note, I purchased some new camber-castor bolts from rock auto for the car and they are not the same. They “rock” in the control arm bushings as the “flat” on them goes all across the bolt not just on the end as the factory ones do. Another waste of money.

 

Rock auto no longer is taking phone calls so trying to get them to measure a set of bushings is a waste of time. Also, Moog does not show it in their catalogs anymore, there low end maker may and I think that is what I have.

 

James

 

From: apozdol@xxxxxxxxxxx <apozdol@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 06:55
To: James Douglas <jdd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: {Chrysler 300} RE: lower control arm bushing - Problem

 

Did you get them from Rare Parts? They sent me the wrong ones-twice! Same problem!

I seem to recall I just went to Rock Auto and ordered the Moog bushings.

 

 

 

From: 'James Douglas' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 8:41 AM
To: Chrysler 300 List Server (chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: {Chrysler 300} RE: lower control arm bushing - Problem

 

Anyone with any ideas short of milling the bore open?

 

From: 'James Douglas' via Chrysler 300 Club International <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2023 15:33
To: Chrysler 300 List Server (chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) <chrysler-300-club-international@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: {Chrysler 300} lower control arm bushing - Problem

 

Hi All,

 

This hobby is getting less fun as more and more of the simple things are becoming a whole day affair.

 

I went to press in my lower control arm bushings on the ’64 and they will not go.

 

The control arms are all bead blasted, painted and ready to go save putting in the lower control arm bushing and its associated big pin. I tried to use the press and right away it did not feel correct. I pulled it out and tried it by hand with a hammer to get it started and it still did not want to go in.

 

I have the Chrysler – Miller special tool for it.

 

I then measure the bore on both control arms, and they are 1.502 to 1.503 in diameter. I then measure the bushing and it is 1.518 to 1.520 inch. The difference is over .015 inch!

 

I would expect .002 to .004 at the most for an interference fit. But 0.015 inch? It will never go in.  WTF?

 

Of course, if I got back to the seller of the front-end kit, I would get the, “…I have never had anyone complain…”  horse dung.

 

Anyone recently do lower control arms on a ’63 or ’64 and have a manufacturer and part number that works?

 

Thanks, James

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