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Originally Posted by 911monty
The car needs to be sitting on all 4 wheels. When you tighten the bolt thru the bushing, the bushing center shaft is held in that position by the bracket. Control arm movement up and down is enabled by the bushing rubber torquing/stretching around that center shaft. When you load the cars suspension before tightening, the rubber bushing is in a neutral/unloaded position. It can then stretch equally in both directions as the suspension compresses or rebounds. If you tighten without loading the suspension then once the car is on the ground the rubber bushing must stretch as the arm is compressed upward. This has the bushing loaded 100% of the time. When you hit a bump and the suspension compresses, the bushing must stretch even further than designed. The only time the bushing is relaxed is when the car leaves the pavement and is flying. Hope This makes sense.
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Yes, it totally makes sense.
I have 2 questions:
- I tightened the bolt without the wheels putting weight on the suspension, does it help?
- If I still have to tighten in loaded position, can I just put the car on stands/loosen the bolt/lift the wheel using a jack/tight the bolt? Or I have to go through the whole process again?
Thanks for your help
