rebuilding upper A arms ?

i am going to put the new bushings in upper arms. has anyone done this? there is a washer that has inner teeth on one side of the main shaft and mine are toast. i dont see a purpose for these. it looks like they might be used for assembly line purpuse. they go on before bushing looks to me like one bushing would be in then you would put the shaft with the washer in, almost as a stop in then the other bushing. any info i can get a pic if that helps

I tried to them myself with a 12 ton harbor freight press a few weeks ago, it did not go well. The shafts were rusted onto the bushings, when you let off on the pressure the bushing would pop back in as a result. The second attempt shot the arm out of the press, I'm smart enough to go to a pro at that point
I took the arms and new bushing to a shop and had it done by them in no time.

Considering a brand new MOOG upper control arm is under $70 in the USA -with the bushings and new balljoint already installed- I don't think it's worth dicking around with it.

jasonlachapelle wrote:

Considering a brand new MOOG upper control arm is under $70 in the USA -with the bushings and new balljoint already installed- I don't think it's worth dicking around with it.

Ding ding ding no more calls please we have a winner!

i already removed the bushings and the control arms have been powder coated i am using energy suspension bushings. i found a spare set of arms and got the washers off. so i can put them on. i will post some pics tomorrow.

since i found a good set of washers i am going to put them back on. here are some pics of the washers it was the one with wrinkles on it. they only have one on the shafts.





here is where it goes before the bushing


powder coated arm
still dont know what that washer is there for, or why only 1 and not one on the other bushing

that car is going to be amazing John. I look forward to seeing it next week.

thanks i just want to get the 2 big parts (frame and body) back to 1 part.