: hello sl6 sages- need some valued advice- this
: may be a job for the doctor. my 76 duster
: has been making a noticeable clunk from the
: left front each time i back outof the
: driveway and turn the manual steering left
: under load at low speed. yesterday i took
: off the wheel and did a careful inspection.
: manual disc brake , ball joints and geometry
: look good and tight with one exception. the
: left upper control arm is held to and turns
: on two yokes on the frame through which is
: bolted spacer washers and what appears is a
: pressed in metal encased bushing. the one on
: the left has washers spacers missing and it
: appears that thebushing is worn. thru bolt
: is shiny . it seems this is where the
: movement/clunking is coming from when the
: arm is stressed during steering. do i have
: to take the ball joint out and remove the
: control arm to replace the bushing. looks
: like i could just put a jack stand under the
: lower control arm to unload the torsion bar
: , unbolt the left side of the control arm
: push out the old bushing and push in the
: new, shoot the bolt and new spacers back in
: tighten thenut and be done. would love to
: hear from someone who has done this job and
: could advise if my approach is correct.
: thanks tons paladin.also- are these parts
: available?

: I am a little confused. Are we talking about
: the upper control arm bushings? If so, yes,
: you can support the car and the left frt
: suspension, with a jackstand under the lower
: control arm. Loosen and remove the two cam
: bolts, swing the upper control arm around
: and replace the bushings without even
: removing the upper ball jt. fom the stg
: knuckle if you have the neat tool to do it.
: It is kinda like a giant c-clamp, with a
: bunch of different size jaws to fit the bshg
: and the c-arm. If you don't have one of
: those, you'll have to separate the upper
: ball jt. to remove the control arm from the
: car, put the c-arm in a vise and use an air
: chisel to remove the old bushings or use a
: press to remove the old bshgs and press in
: new ones. Replace the arm, using a manual or
: the other side as a guide for the cam bolts,
: and which way the bolt heads face. You'll
: have to eyeball the alignment till you drive
: it to an alignment shop.

: You can replace the upper control arm bushings.
: Support the car and the left frt
: suspension, with a jackstand under the lower
: control arm. Loosen and remove the two cam
: bolts, swing the upper control arm around
: and replace the bushings without even
: removing the upper ball jt. fom the stg
: knuckle if you have the neat tool to do it.
: It is kinda like a giant c-clamp, with a
: bunch of different size jaws to fit the bshg
: and the c-arm. If you don't have one of
: those, you'll have to separate the upper
: ball jt. to remove the control arm from the
: car, put the c-arm in a vise and use an air
: chisel to remove the old bushings or use a
: press to remove the old bshgs and press in
: new ones. Replace the arm, using a manual or
: the other side as a guide for the cam bolts,
: and which way the bolt heads face. You'll
: have to eyeball the alignment till you drive
: it to an alignment shop.