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Hi peoples,

Just wondering if anyone has had their front control arm bushes (inner and out) replaced recently and roughly how long the job was?

I am looking at getting the Nolathan bushes and found some good suppliers on ebay, however just wondering what amount of labor time was involved to get these replaced.

Would it be a big job or something I can take down to my mates a Kmart Tyre and auto to do over a few hours?

Sorry if I am coming across a bit ignorant and a nube!

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on the hoist here at work i can get each side done in about 30 mins to 45mins so arm out old bushes out new bushes in arm back in the car and wheel aligned in about an hour and a half with no problems ie stripped nuts and bolts etc. fairly straight forward job.

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So it should not take no more than 2-3 hours max? A couple of places I went to advised me they wanted the car for the whole day as the process of getting the Nolathane bushes "pressed" was not that straight forward.

These are the ones I want to get installed - just wondering if they do require extra time for installation.

http://www.nolathane.com.au/product_detail.php?part_number=45485

Control arm - upper outer bushing

http://www.nolathane.com.au/product_detail.php?part_number=45465

Control arm - lower bushing

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I was under the impression you were just talking about the traction (castor) bush for some reason...Not sure why.

Anyway, those two are not the most time consuming on the car. But are fiddly.

doing the lower inner is where the difficulty is. Pressing that one may take some time. As you will probably need to take the lower arm off the hub etc.

The upper outer will take 45-1 hour'ish each side.

The lower inner, not sure depends on how easy the thing come out of there.

But 1/2 - 2/3 of the day sounds ok to me.

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Thanks.

That makes sense now.

Kmart Tyre and Auto advised me with two mechanics working on the car at the same time they can do it in 2/3 hours.

I think I should just budget for half a day to a day to make thing easier for myself.

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