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Lower Control Arm Replacement
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 3:39 pm
by akley88
Ok since i installed the new tires i can notice my aligment being off more. i had tried to get an alignment after the lift but was told i need new lower control arms due to the camber bolts being seized. as anyone done this replacement yet?
Re: Lower Control Arm Replacement
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:14 pm
by ShipFixer
akley88 wrote:Ok since i installed the new tires i can notice my aligment being off more. i had tried to get an alignment after the lift but was told i need new lower control arms due to the camber bolts being seized. as anyone done this replacement yet?
Lots of people. They're fortunately cheap enough it's easier to just buy new lower arms than try to replace the bushings...
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:34 pm
by akley88
so this should be a easy weekend project
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:59 pm
by DanJetta
I'd say the installation is pretty straightforward. Mine had to be cut out, though, which took the good part of a day.
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:29 pm
by mtcoastie
I have replaced the LCA's twice now in the last year. One of the bolts took me about 2-3 hours to get out with an impact hammer. Installation is very straight forward, but it can be a PITA if you run into any snags.
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:12 am
by NmexMAX
Any reason why you needed to replace them so often?
This helped me.
http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=22826
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:45 pm
by mtcoastie
I'm still trying to figure that out!
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:37 pm
by BigEz
This helped me.. Older thread:
http://www.thenissanpath.com/viewtopic. ... 2969#32969
Added: you might try this as well. I was told the same thing, and a manual alignments seem to have worked. My method was similar to this:
http://www.clubfrontier.org/forums/f26/ ... ols-28535/
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:51 am
by NmexMAX
OP, you doing front or rear LCA's?
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:28 pm
by akley88
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:47 am
by akley88
i am going to bump my old thread. cause after months of living with the bad alignment i decieded that i should finally fix it. so i finally order new lower control arms and will hopefully be able to get them in and aligned friday on my day off.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:31 am
by akley88
Looks like I will be cutting out a few bolts due to rust.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:01 am
by NmexMAX
Titan swap time ????
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:21 am
by akley88
NmexMAX wrote:Titan swap time ????
sears of all places was able to get everything back in alignment without needing to replace the lower arms. but i know for sure a titan front diff is in my future. after i pay off my cc i will slowly buy some more goodies for the next stage of the pathfinders life. more lift and bigger tires. then i will need more power.
Re: Lower Control Arm Replacement
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 4:58 am
by ItsMeBraulio
akley88 wrote:Ok since i installed the new tires i can notice my aligment being off more. i had tried to get an alignment after the lift but was told i need new lower control arms due to the camber bolts being seized. as anyone done this replacement yet?
I just finish my nightmare of a lift and they are pretty much very straight forward , cut your bolts rather than fighting them, your best bet is to follow the how to from the Xterra forum as everyone on here recommends buy all new control arms highly recommend and make sure to get Anti seize for your new bolts it will save your this problem in the future.