Thread: LRA LCA bushes

The LRA ones were advertised as $700 inc labour for the full arm replacement. I wouldn't muck around tooling up and doing it myself for that kinda money...

Originally Posted by josh.huber

Torque wrench, never heard of her

Sadly not many people have!

But there's f-ing tight and there's 275nm.
And nobody I've asked to do something up has got to 275nm before they stopped

Oh and a Dealer quoted me $1200 complete genuine replacement arms with wheel alignment.

tombie you need a better compressor and a bigger rattle gun!!!

Originally Posted by josh.huber

tombie you need a better compressor and a bigger rattle gun!!!

No way on the planet you'd get the rattle gun in there!

But I like your thinking

Originally Posted by Tombie

And a torque wrench that can pull 275Nm

300Nm for the shock mounting bolt...

I ended up going to 210Nm (the max on mine) and then getting the mechanic to tighten up. They need a wheel alignment after anyway so they loosen them then too, then re tighten.

Yeah - I was lucky - did mine and marked exact location of bolts when removing. Refitted to same position.

I did the same to get me by - 210nm, and then breaker bar with extension... I can dead lift 205kg so pretty sure the bolts reached required torque!

At the aligner - no adjustment required

I haven't paid close attention when I've had wheel alignments but don't recall seeing the guy re-torqueing bolts with a large torque wrench or breaker bar. Should I be worried that the arm bolts have not been properly torqued? It may have happened but my recollection is that everything was done back up quite quickly after the alignment adjustments, so not sure.

Cheers,
Scott