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Stock Front Control Arms. What Years Are Different?

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I have an 86, and I am going to poly the bushings. I found a guy that has some 89 and 91 control arms. He said the 91 arms are different and would push my wheels out. I do not want these. I am curious if the 86 and 89 arms are the same, since I can get them for 5 bucks each, I can press out the old bushings and press in the new ones without having to have my car up on the lift, and I can take my time. I want to make sure my bushings will fit and make sure my wheels will fit after I put them on. I already have limited room. I cannot spare anymore.
 

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The 94+ contoll arms are different, but all fox control arms are the same.

5LugFoxFanatic said:
...I can press out the old bushings and press in the new ones...
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Have you ever done this before??? That easy? The bushings were not meant to ever come out, ford recomends selling them as a unit. Not worth it IMO, and I work in a shop. It was a real PITA, aftermarket A arms are worth it considering the time and effort, money spent, and weight. I spent a little over $100 for new poly bushings, ball joints, and paint. The old bushings didn't just press out. Took lots of "masaging" with an air chissel.

EDIT: They came out nice. Wasn't a total waste by far, buy far from being aftermarket A arms.
 

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For me, I tried pressing them out, and it was no go. I ended up using a large drill bit and drilling holes in the rubber until I could chisel it out. Then i used a drum sander, the oscilating table top type, that my grandfather has, to clean the rest of the rubber off. It came out nicely. Took me a couple of hours, and it cost about $30 for the poly bushings and about $60 for the MOOG brand SN95 ball joints. Saved myself about $100 doing it all myself over buying new ones, plus I got the SN95 ball joints instead of the Fox ones.
 
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