doug93sc
Registered User
For the past month or so I have had a very annoying squeaking coming from the front end and upon looking under the car I noticed that the bushing where the shock attaches to the LCA was almost gone
So last night I finally replaced the drivers side front LCA with a new one that is SC specific (made by TRW) from Parts America that I only paid about $80 shipped to my door. I went this route instead of just a new bushing because the other bushings looked worn and the ball joint boot had a tear.
I did notice a few differences in the LCA that was on there and the replacement which leads me to believe that the one that was on there was not SC specific.
1. As you can see in the pics the replacment LCA is thinner where it attaches to the subframe and where the ball joint is.
2. The metal bushing where it attaches to the subframe covers the entire rubber bushing whereas the one that was on there only covered about half of the rubber portion.
I know that the SC specific LCA rubber bushings have a different durometer reading than reagular T-birds, but do you think that could have caused the failure that I had?
So last night I finally replaced the drivers side front LCA with a new one that is SC specific (made by TRW) from Parts America that I only paid about $80 shipped to my door. I went this route instead of just a new bushing because the other bushings looked worn and the ball joint boot had a tear.
I did notice a few differences in the LCA that was on there and the replacement which leads me to believe that the one that was on there was not SC specific.
1. As you can see in the pics the replacment LCA is thinner where it attaches to the subframe and where the ball joint is.
2. The metal bushing where it attaches to the subframe covers the entire rubber bushing whereas the one that was on there only covered about half of the rubber portion.
I know that the SC specific LCA rubber bushings have a different durometer reading than reagular T-birds, but do you think that could have caused the failure that I had?