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Old 04-18-2010, 08:54 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by WildBillyT View Post
A cheap upgrade to the stockers is to box them. If you've got a welder it's a no brainer.
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Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy View Post
The cheapest way to upgrade the rear LCAs is the box the stock ones with a flat piece of relatively thin steel to eliminate a lot of the flex, and then replace the stock bushings with hard rubber solid bushings to cut down on the flex (but not eliminate it).

This is for DD type vehicles. Specialized uses require specialized solutions, but that doesn't apply in this case.

- Justin
This sounds like a good solution. I don't have a welder, but most shops around here can weld.

What is actually happening to the LCA's under launch? There is no lateral force on them, its all front/rear compressive forces. Does the U shape spread open?

Is there another bushing manufacturer besides Moog that makes a solid hard rubber bushing?

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