Rear upper control arm/bushing

[MobyDick]

Hi all,

A shop wants $445 to replace the rear upper control arm and bushing -- $240.20 for parts and $172.80 for labor/ I'm pretty sure I can save money by ordering the parts myself, but I'm not sure how hard this job is to do.

 

[Frankencougie]

Moog PN K8562 for the inner bushing in case you just need that rather then the whole arm but yours could be rusted as far as I know. Normally, it's the alignment guy who gives you the heads up since he uses that eccentric bolt/bushing to adjust the rear.

The removal is cake, do this yourself. You can try to remove the bushing yourself or just bring the arm to a good shop to have them remove the old bushing. Tell them that a press may be too much for the arm to deal with since it's not very stout. The housing/sleeve is pretty well stuck to the arm so they may need to "tap" on the bushing housing's non flange side with a hammer then use a punch to get it completely out rather then chance bending the arm on a press.

The bushing costs around $50-$60 and then add some $$ for the press out/in party. I just did one on my Cougar a couple weeks back.

-Scott