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upper control arm bushing/mounting

1.6K views 4 replies 3 participants last post by  nmocci  
#1 ·
Hello, I have rough country corrected control arms. I have a leveling kit, which I know it wasn't 100% necessary for, but I wanted my tires not to wear. Which they were with stock control arms.

It seems the control arm bushings in these control arms are not quite as wide as the stock? My mounts are bowing inward a pretty significant amount. I sent pictures to rough country and all the kid said was, I've seen worse. Pretty useless.

My question is, can I use a washer to space the mount back out some from the bushing so the mount is more straight. I understand that even with stocks there is some small amount of bow, but with these rough country control arms there is a gap between the cam washer and the mount. It is excessive.

I have pictures but I do not know how to add them
 
#5 ·
Figured out how to upload the pics. Had to do it on the pc. keep in mind that there is a good coat of wool wax on a couple of those mounts. I installed these 2 years ago when i was extremely sick. I have had medical stuff going on for the last few years and i assume I wasnt feeling well and overlooked this upon install. MAYBE my stock control arms looked this way, so i didnt think anything of it, i really dont remember. The angles of the mounts are odd so maybe that makes them look worse. I like things done correctly so i want to fix it if it needs it.