upper tubular control arm bushings

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Any chance that the bushings are standard across manufacturers? Will a stock bushing work?

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dw now in Florida
 
A little more detail maybe? I bought the car with tubular UCA's and one of the bushings is toast. I don't know who made the UCA's and hoped that maybe the cam bolts and bushings are not specific to the after market arms. I'm hoping they are stock regardless of what the arms are. Can anyone shed light on this? If so do the cam direction arrows still apply? thanks in advance
 
We have no way of knowing from the information provided. Take several clear pics and maybe someone here can identify the manufacturer.
 
Well, if the tubular UCA's have bushings, they should be using the stock style cam bolts. Should be. All of the bushed A-body tubular UCA's I've seen re-use the stock style cam bolts. But there's a first time for everything.

But the bushings could be anything, and depend on the manufacturer. Pictures would help immensely. There are several different manufacturers that make (or have made) bushed tubular UCA's for A-bodies, but there are also a couple different styles. Even just a picture of the shape of the UCA might help narrow it down.
 
95% chance it's the 63-76 A-body, 62-72 B-body, E-body and many others upper control arm bushing Moog # K408. Or equivalent Polyurethane by Energy Suspension or Prothane. I think almost all of them use Polyurethane.

These tubular upper arms with bushings must fit between the stock Mopar frame brackets and accept the factory adjustment cams. Therefore you are about left with using the stock bushing.
 
Viola

Any help identifying this upper control arm would be appreciated. I can't find any identifying markings. It might have been new in 2009.
 

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The real question is why is the bush shot to begin with. Just sayin.
 
Just saw the picture of the UCA. I'm not saying it can't be an RMS arm, but it looks like the UCA has a different radius on the bend.

The other possibility with that shape (and no gusset) is that it's a CAP uca. 2009 would have been the right timing for it to have been from CAP, and it looks almost exactly like the set I removed from my Challenger.

If it is a CAP made UCA, I'd remove and replace it. They had more than a few failures due to lousy welds. I broke a set of their lower control arms. I would check with Bill at RMS. If he can confirm its one of his, awesome. If he says it isn't an RMS uca, my money is on CAP.
 
Conclusion:

So first of all I have to thank Bill Reilly at RMS for some of the best customer service I've received...ever. I sent a message to the "contact us" link on their web site and had a response in an hour and a half. After hours on a Friday I think! Very Cool!

What happened to the original? It looks like the metal sleeve was too long and hung out beyond the bushing. so the individual that installed the UCA "created" a spacer to deal with it. Their choice was to cut the ends off of the old rubber bushings and then used whatever washers they had to fill the gap between that and the frame. Only of few of the supplied washers were used. The result was movement. Back and forth at first against that rubber I suspect. Then up and down as the bushing got egged out, until one of them disintegrated.

I admit the car felt a little sloppy for some time, but only when I passed someone and crossed the crown in the road at speed. The clunk at intersections on the last ride was the coup d'grace to get me to investigate.

lastly, keep receipts ya'll! identifying aftermarket stuff is hard and going to become increasingly difficult. Things wear out even when installed correctly. No more going to a parts counter anymore.

dw
 
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