[66mustanger]

Just a little update guys!

Last nite I jacked the car up, took the tire off, and You absolutely wont believe what the hell Happened! I got to lookin at the upper control area and the outer bushing that holds the shaft in place(that bolts to the shock tower), the one on the right(facing the front of the car.) was backing itself off. I bought these from a place called American Pony Parts in Washington, I thought these things looked a little cheap made, but they came in the suspension kit that I purchased. When I went to use them, i had to make adjustments on the shaft cause they werent centered in control arm, so I backed off the bushings to make adjustments and when I did, the external threads on the bushings stripped off. Now I was pissed! BUt I got to thinking that since my old ones were tack welded sometime thru the years that it would be ok to do this to the new ones and they wont back off. Well it appeared to be ok and strong! Problem solved, well later on when it come time to install the springs, the spring compressor slipped alittle while installing, and kicked out, when it did this, it hit the upper control arm with some force, It looked like nothing was wrong. Now I have been driving it for a week before I noticed the problem, then it got worse and worse. The driver side appears to be ok! So Far! I have checked them and the welds are holding. I think before I go thru the trouble of buying a new control arm, I will weld a solid bead of weld half the way around them(bushing and contol arm) and see if that keeps them in place before I go thru the trouble of needing to replace the hole thing and taking everything back apart! Does anyone think this is Lajit! Have any Ideas?

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