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Originally Posted by Diesel911
It is hard explain but the bushing inside of the control arm has a metal tube/sleeve and the rubber is bonded to the sleeve and also the outer part of the rubber busing is bonded to the control arm.
When the rubber bushing goes the inner metal tube can turn around. That means that if the Bolt is rusted to the metal tube and the bushing is no good it is possible for the Bolt to turn freely but still be attached to the metal tube and the metal tube is to large to be pulled through the bolt hole.
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I'll look at the new part for details. For the record, the issue is the with the upper control arm bolt that holds the UCA in the body. The access is obstructed mostly by the brake master & lines and the AC hoses.
The rubber on the upper control arm doesn't appear very deteriorated. The reason for removing is how the car was handling and bad ball joints. I decided to do all because the other SD drove so much better with all new parts installed at the same time. I like to take care of the entire system and not need to go back in for a long time.
I installed the bushings in the LCA without incident and know how that bushing is configured. I'll try more stuff after having been away from it for a while.