Hey,
I had the exact same issue when installing this kit. I did the same thing, shell then bushing then shaft. I ended up doing it 4 times with 2 kits well I talked back and forth to pro forged for 2 weeks
Good guys and they sent me another kit after the bushing got wrecked but this kit sucks to install. Basically the bushing is longer up to the shoulder than the sleeve on the lca is deep, so if you press in the bushing to bottom out the shoulder then it collapses and bulges on the bottom and when the pivot shaft is pressed into the bushing it actually sheers off the bulge. Not ideal.
The way to get around it is to put the bushing onto the pin first and then Press both into the LCA so the bushing can’t bulge. What you end up with is the bushing shoulder 1/8 of an inch or more away from the sleeve on the lca I just deleted about 50 photos from the process but here is one from under the car to show the gap.
These bushing are also more plastic than poly which is also suspicious, proforged promised they were poly so we’ll see how they hold up.
Edit: ditch their stupid crush nuts too ASAP They will completely wreck the threads. Use your old ones or go buy some nylock style
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