So lately I have been hearing a knock every time I go over speed stops, bumps, and slowly come to a complete stop. So I figured it was my LCA's they probably needed to be greased up. Well when I went to great my driver side rear lca the grease just started coming out of the side of the bushing. I took it out and found this
So im pretty sure I need new bushings or new control arms
Those look like BMRs. If so, I'd get in touch with them and see if they'll do any sort of replacement. They're a pretty good company.
Why are they like that... Did you install them or was it a previous owner deal or a shop? Those do need to be torqued to a certain value, if they are too loose they can get boogered up. I can't tell you how many ppl think I'm a moron when I ask them "did you use a torque wrench?" on stuff like that. My old boss was a total dumbass about that sort of stuff.
Or they are BMR knockoffs and are just **** quality...
I installed them earlier this year around February or so. I am certain I installed the drivers side first then the passenger side. I did torque them down to 130 ft lbs and I greased them the first time 3 pumps of grease.
Could always go to the Whitelines too and probably not have bushing issues. They supposedly have their UCA/Mount sorted out too but that fiasco made a LOT of people gun shy.
Emailed them yesterday and got a reply back quick. They said they had a bad batch of bushings at one time and I might have some defective bushings so they are sending me all new ones.
So if you have some bad bushings just email or call them they will send you new ones.
Got my bushing's and installed them. Didn't take any pictures of the install cause my hands were coated in grease from removing the bushings.
The bushings were a bit difficult to seat into the LCA so I used my vise and a couple pieces of 2x4's to compress the bushings and rod back into the LCA. Looked brand new.
BMR is awesome they sent me a bunch of extra bushings too.
Now to check if I hear anything knock or creak again.
Good luck! Hopefully this will fix your problem! I'm very interested to know if this fixes the problem because we're putting the exact same LCA's on my fathers car and it'll be good to know if this fixes the issue
Mine knock but I hear a squeak creak coming from the rearend too. The knock happens when I slow
Down, abrupt stop or just normal traffic stopping. Wonder if I have the same problem. I may year her down Sunday and look
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