Lower conrol arm replacement

[pilotnc]

Instead of replacing the "compliance bushing" I'm thinking of replacing the entire arm. You have to remove the arm anyway. I found arms w/bushing for about $150. Its from autopartswarehouse.com & made by NEVOTECH. Any thoughts, experience ? On scale from 1 - 10 how big a job is it?

[rocky]

I replaced the bushings on my Land Rover by pushing them out with a press. Assuming Honda bushings are similar, then follow that approach.

[belundy]

Just my $02 worth, but by the time the compliance busing is gone, the other bushing on the arm is also hardened at minimum, or cracked at worse. If you find an independent shop who, for $30 or $40 per arm, will press both of them out and new ones back in, go for it. Otherwise, replacing them arms with new bushings will go a long ways to restoring that "supple" ride it had when new.

I too have seen the Nevotech on Ebay, but don't know the quality of the arms or bushing material. Very few Google results.

[pilotnc]

Replaced the front lower control arms over the weekend. Rock Auto Parts cost about $220 delivered for both. I had a pickle wrench so each side took about 2 hours. There is a sequence to R&R which I got from the shop manual. Everything is fine and the front end is back to new.
Let me know if anybody needs details.

[dustino8]

Originally Posted by pilotnc

Replaced the front lower control arms over the weekend. Rock Auto Parts cost about $220 delivered for both. I had a pickle wrench so each side took about 2 hours. There is a sequence to R&R which I got from the shop manual. Everything is fine and the front end is back to new.
Let me know if anybody needs details.

Glad everything is back to new again. What symptoms caused you to replace them?

[pilotnc]

visual inspection & front end clunk on the smallest of bumps. The '04 has 160,000 miles on it