thrust arm bushings

[The Radium King]

Originally Posted by edc

Only the lower arm/wishbone/coffin arm are tj same front to back.

right. and the thrust arm bushings are part of the lower coffin arm.

Originally Posted by obthomas

we have to agree on what we are talking about. A coffin arm, a wishbone, a tuning fork, radius arm, control arm thrust arm and lower arm are confusing even before we start talking about bushings.

there are three control arms on the boxster (front and back the same):

control arm - also called coffin arm (due to shape). porsche calls it a control arm. used to adjust camber.

toe arm - also called toe control arm. sometimes called a radius arm on other cars. porsche calls it a track rod. used to control ... toe. on the front also steers.

thrust arm - should be called caster arm as that is what it controls. sometimes called the tuning fork (due to shape). porsche calls it a control arm. sometimes called a radius arm on other cars. called a thrust arm because it attaches to the control arm via the thrust arm bushing (TAB). that is the common name for this bushing, this is what tarett and all other aftermarket manufacturers call it. and if you gotta ask ...