I have a 2000 jeep cherokee and the control arm bushings have seen better days. Im looking to replace all of them. Ive read to stay away from the polyurethane ones. Whats the best brand to get? and where is a good place to purchase them? i looked on advance auto and autozone but they dont really have much listed. Thanks in advance

 

www.rockauto.com will have complete Moog arms for around 45 bucks apiece. Doing only the bushings in stock arms is more trouble than it's worth, do the whole arm.

 

Who ever told you stay away from poly bushing is misinformed .

 

deff easier doing whole arm.

 

thanks for the site. yeah im considering doinf the whole arm

 

i should have said for the control arms its best to stay away from the poly

 

No, that's good advice if you want less vibes, smoother on-road ride, better off-road performance.

Another reason to stick with OEM Rubber style.....

paper thin Jeep brackets don't hold too well to the stiffeness of poly bushings.


Not my pic, but see a lot of these in the shop every year. More often than not....poly bushings.

If you don't wheel on the rocks you won't to worry about it as much.

 

what do you guys think of these? http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Control-Ar...df32e9&vxp=mtr

and frank, do you sell just the bushings?

 

Yes.
http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...NG-LOWER-LARGE

http://www.seriousoffroadproducts.co...NG-UPPER-SMALL

 

what do you guys think of these? http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Control-Ar...df32e9&vxp=mtr
think they are any good?

edit: fixed link!

 

Do not buy the ebay arms, they are junk and will wear out really fast. Ask me how I know. Moog would be the best for stock replacements, you will save money in the long run.

 

X2 stock replacement...

 

I just installed the poly bushings on my '87. It's only been a couple days, but so far, I love them! I don't wheel though, it's just a street beater, no lift. Now, I've gone through the whole front end replacing parts, ball joints, springs, shocks, tie-rod ends, sway bar bushings, etc....and the control arm bushings are probably the most noticeable improvement yet. After installed and a much needed alignment, wish I would have done it years ago!

Had I had the ability to replace with OE rubber bushings, I might have, but the poly ones seemed easier because 1) it was a little cheaper - I got them for like $60 and 2) I couldn't find a machine shop in town that was open on the weekends to press out the old sleeves, since that was the only time I could tackle this job.

The installation wasn't too bad, but it was time consuming. An easy way to get the bushings out of the sleeves is by drilling or melting.

One time-saving tip I found by accident might help others who go this route - when removing the old bushing from the sleeves (since you re-use them) take a drill bit and drill down on one side of the bushing and sleeve, and if you're lucky, the bit will grab on the rubber and work it's way around the bushing sleeve. If you keep it going and don't stop it, you will see that the drill bit will actually work out the old bushing as it goes in a circular motion around the sleeve. I think I used like a 3/16" bit, or bigger. The other advantage of this method is that it also cleans up the inside of the bushing sleeve somewhat, as opposed to melting them out, which I had to do on the axle-mounted bushings.

There are other write-ups on this as well, I kind of used a mish-mash of everyone's techniques I found.

Just my opinion on them, and a little advice, maybe for you, or someone else who stumbles on this post....

 

Thanks guys just ordered the moog bushings. Should be here Monday or tuesday