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<blockquote data-quote="magstang1" data-source="post: 2033474" data-attributes="member: 9675"><p>***UPDATE***</p><p>I decided to try to fix the lca bushings myself before trying to find a machine shop. Looking further at the aluminum cores for the lca's the outsides were a bit rough, and had a few scores on them. For this I went to the hardware store and made an arbor out of 3/8 threaded rod, and some washers and nuts. I used a nut then a washer, then a rubber washer on each side of the aluminum. I chucked it up in a drill on a low speed and took the nicks off with 400 grit sand paper. After that I followed up with #0000 steel wool. The finest I could find, just to clean the whole surface. With the aluminum clean I proceeded to the delrin bushings. The insides of mine were pretty rough, and the aluminum still didn't fit into them. To solve this I used a Lisle (brand name) brake cylinder hone part #10000. I bought this at my local auto parts store for $14.50. There were two of them. One with two stones, and the one I bought with three stones. I used this to slowly open up the I.D. of the delrin bushings. After honing the inside of the bushings, the surface was clean, and smooth. Some required a little more honing than others. All of my bushings now fit properly. Total parts was around $20. I'm now waiting for my lca bushing removal tool, to install the bushings and test the fit in the control arm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="magstang1, post: 2033474, member: 9675"] ***UPDATE*** I decided to try to fix the lca bushings myself before trying to find a machine shop. Looking further at the aluminum cores for the lca's the outsides were a bit rough, and had a few scores on them. For this I went to the hardware store and made an arbor out of 3/8 threaded rod, and some washers and nuts. I used a nut then a washer, then a rubber washer on each side of the aluminum. I chucked it up in a drill on a low speed and took the nicks off with 400 grit sand paper. After that I followed up with #0000 steel wool. The finest I could find, just to clean the whole surface. With the aluminum clean I proceeded to the delrin bushings. The insides of mine were pretty rough, and the aluminum still didn't fit into them. To solve this I used a Lisle (brand name) brake cylinder hone part #10000. I bought this at my local auto parts store for $14.50. There were two of them. One with two stones, and the one I bought with three stones. I used this to slowly open up the I.D. of the delrin bushings. After honing the inside of the bushings, the surface was clean, and smooth. Some required a little more honing than others. All of my bushings now fit properly. Total parts was around $20. I'm now waiting for my lca bushing removal tool, to install the bushings and test the fit in the control arm. [/QUOTE]
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