http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...RONT+LOWER+ARM

The first two I want to try to replace are in the front
lower control arms, items 8 and 11 in the drawing above.

I thought the Mazda's "suspension arms" (as the author of
the previous site called them at times) looked similar
enough for my purposes.

I first saw this approach suggested at rec.autos.tech. I
threw it in my notes, then revisited it last night to see if
others were using it and maybe a description existed. Voila.
Others do talk about using it in the Usenet archives, but
not the Honda newsgroups.

Not sure if there's any chance of getting the much larger
(rear) trailing arm bushings out using this
sockets-bolts-nuts-washers approach. But I think I'm awhile
away from trying to tackle those.

I'm still considering the 12-ton A-frame press at Harbor
Freight for $80, on sale through May. Another Mazda guy
described using such a press at
http://www.rx7club.com/archive/index.php/t-268904.html . I'm
just not wild about having the press take up space in my
garage (admittedly a big garage) when I use it so rarely.
I'd be surprised if I could just rent one.

Dunno about the torch. Seems a little tricky heating the
control arm (around the bushing) with all the home-made
"press gear" in place.

I'm pretty settled on Kingmotorsports.com 's Mugen bushings.
I read their site and see their claims that they are Honda
specialized and the only dealer in North America for Mugen.
Their front lower control arm bushing set is about ten
dollars less than the usual online OEM parts places
(slhonda, Majestic, Team Honda, etc.) I've pretty much
talked myself out of polyurethane bushings because of the
noise people report (including, IIRC, J. Beam's experiences)
and the greater difficult (I suspect) of installing these.
Also, the web site
http://www.performanceforum.com/wesv...g/bushing.html
suggests the rubber bushings now available are better than
the original ones installed. Honda Co. made an explicit
change to the material design, or so it seems.

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote
> Can you get us a link to an item number at
> www.slhondaparts.com so we
> can see which ones you're changing? It's an interesting
> article, and
> I've got some clunks on my CR-v but the parts don't seem
> to be very
> similar to the 1993 Mazda RX-7. I also wondered why he
> didn't warm
> anything up just a bit with a torch.