Rear control arm

[Davidsvette]

Hi folks, I have been having a bit of a bad time trying to find out why my Camber bolts are so loose in the inner rear rod end bush, I have the late 1 3/4" bar but i have around 1mm play allround the bolts, is there supposed to be a spacer that goes inside the inner bush ? if not is there a camber bolt that is bigger than 7/16" or do i have to make one and enlargen the camber plates. Help please it is driving me nuts and i can't even order new bits due to this bolt size. Many, many thanks.

 

[johng]

There should be a steel tube inside the bush. If you have rubber bushes it will be bonded in, if you've got poly bushes it will be a separate piece. Assuming that is in place, when you tighten up the bolt it will clamp the steel tube between the plates of the crossmember. It's that clamp force that holds the joint in place.
The rubber bushes have a serrated face to help hold it.

 

[Davidsvette]

Hi John, thanks for your reply and yes the sleeve is in there but is it the bolt ( in good condition ) supposed to be that loose

 

[Davidsvette]

Hi again John below are mine

 

[johng]

I replaced my bushes with poly bushes that weren't as loose as that. Looking on the web there are some strut rod kits that come with a cap that goes over each end of the bush, as in this drawing, would you have room to fit these? It looks like they have a smaller inside diameter. My inner sleeves were the full width of the bracket so I couldn't have fitted the caps and most of the poly bushes I've seen are the same.

 

[teamzr1]

I replaced my bushes with poly bushes that weren't as loose as that. Looking on the web there are some strut rod kits that come with a cap that goes over each end of the bush, as in this drawing, would you have room to fit these? It looks like they have a smaller inside diameter. My inner sleeves were the full width of the bracket so I couldn't have fitted the caps and most of the poly bushes I've seen are the same.

I agree, at least from the photo it looks like the end cap was missing ?

 

[Emc]

You are simply missing the end caps which only fit on the strut rod bracket under the diff.
I have them in stock