I'm in the middle of a pretty big project of re-rebuilding the suspension in my car (I did a quick R&R of some piece to get the car road-worthy), including a full rear-end job, etc. A lot of people don't pay much attention to the bushing in the back of a Mustang, but they take quite a beating, I had mentioned in one thread I would post some photos, but that was awhile ago and I don't remember which thread, so here we go;
Out of an 86 GT that has lived a hard life, probably close to 200k miles on the car;
Rear Upper Control arm - body side - old one next to a new MOOG bushing (the other side of the bushing was just as bad);
Rear Upper Control arm - Axle side - old and new;
And the flip side of the same;
The rear lowers look just as bad, I can literally grab the inner metal housing and deflect it a shocking amount with just my fingers, throw pry bar in there with the bushing supported and I can get a huge amount of movement out of them. Now imagine what happens when you are applying thousands of pounds of force on them.
So if you ever wondered why your Fox Mustang still handles like poo despite new shocks/springs, I'll bet dollars to donuts that you have similar looking bushings.
What a rear upper control arm looks like with 28yrs and 200k miles of crud looks like before and after cleaning;
And just a reminder to RTFM before you do the job - MM says to apply anti-seize on the bushing removal bolts, and for good reason;
(although both axle side bushings were VERY stubborn - so I may have had issues regardless)
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