Mopar performance lift kit lower control arm bushings

[Zaptrac]

I have the mopar 2 inch performance lift kit installed on my jeep. After about 80k miles one of the bushings on my passenger side lower control arms has warn out and it’s causing a shake when braking at highway speeds. Tried looking around and it seems like jeep themselves don’t sell just the bushings, they expect you to replace the whole control arm. But i see that superpro sells a bushing kit for the gladiators lower control arms. Does anyone here know if the performance lift kit uses the same size bushings as the stock control arms?

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[GuzziMoto]

I have the mopar 2 inch performance lift kit installed on my jeep. After about 80k miles one of the bushings on my passenger side lower control arms has warn out and it’s causing a shake when braking at highway speeds. Tried looking around and it seems like jeep themselves don’t sell just the bushings, they expect you to replace the whole control arm. But i see that superpro sells a bushing kit for the gladiators lower control arms. Does anyone here know if the performance lift kit uses the same size bushings as the stock control arms?

I know this is not answering your question, but the Mopar lower front control arms are like $40 each. At that price, I would just replace the control arm. The effort to replace the bushing on a $40 control arm seems like a waste.

The bushings probably are the same dimensionally, but Mopar do claim that the extended control arms use stiffer bushing. But a simple idea is to measure the stock bushing and the one on the replacement control arm.

 

[Zachattack50]

Seems like they were torqued while on a lift, with the suspension hanging at droop. That's odd a bushing cooked itself in that amount of time.

 

[Zaptrac]

Seems like they were torqued while on a lift, with the suspension hanging at droop. That's odd a bushing cooked itself in that amount of time.

They were torqued on the ground. I just live in the salt belt and that destroys these bushings. I had replace the track bar bushings last year

 

[Zaptrac]

I know this is not answering your question, but the Mopar lower front control arms are like $40 each. At that price, I would just replace the control arm. The effort to replace the bushing on a $40 control arm seems like a waste.

The bushings probably are the same dimensionally, but Mopar do claim that the extended control arms use stiffer bushing. But a simple idea is to measure the stock bushing and the one on the replacement control arm.

Yeah to be honest i couldn’t find the lower control arms for the lift lit before posting this. Was looking like the only option would be aftermarket ones for 250$+. But i since found the mopar one for 40$ on line. Almost none of the listings online say they’re for the lift i had to track down the part number. So that’s my plan now since the superpro bushing kit is 90$

 

[Zachattack50]

Thats nuts. I would recommend saltsgone, Here in west Michigan, also driving on salted roads, and I dont have bushing issues like that. Might have just been a bad bushing too I suppose.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

As an option, you can throw some MetalCloak lowers on the Mopar 2” as well. Pretty sure that will give you a rebuildable bushing. Just in case you’re one of those guys who likes playing with their bushings.

 

[Zaptrac]

I’ll look into that. I didn’t start doing any undercarriage rust protection until this last either because i moved from down south and had no clue about it

 

[spanishmack]

My bushings weren't totally "cooked," but they were a little loose at 38k when I got "teh death wobble." Dealer had installed 37x13.5's with just the bare bones components that come with the Mopar 2" lift. I can definitely see the bushings going bad with oversized tires and no other suspension component upgrades.

 

[Gizmo]

Time to buy a good set of adjustable arms . Which means no Clevite bushings like the MOPAR arms use. Many to choose from then it makes no difference when you torque them down and less steering correction when driving that you may not of even noticed before. Ya never know how good good can be until ya try

 

[Zaptrac]

Time to buy a good set of adjustable arms . Which means no Clevite bushings like the MOPAR arms use. Many to choose from then it makes no difference when you torque them down and less steering correction when driving that you may not of even noticed before. Ya never know how good good can be until ya try

Yeah not really looking to pay 250$+ to replace a 30$ part right now. Especially since a new thing breaks on this truck every other week

 

[Gizmo]

I generally try to replace broken parts with something of better quality for a number of reason. When ya can’t ya can’t.

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