Hi Folks, I could use a little help. I purchased the “non-heim” upper and lower control arms for my 71 h body from Justin at Overkill. They are setup for the S-10 ball joints. I purchased a energy suspension bushing kit primarily for the needed upper control arm bushings. Justin had told me the arms are made for the original style bushings. Looking at the uppers, there is a lip about ¾’s of the way in. I didn’t think it would be an issue because the bushing seemed to have the same ridge built into it. When I pressed the bushings in, they got very tight around this lip area. The bushing sure seems bottomed. It’s a 20 ton press so I could keep pressing till I destroy the bushing if I wanted to, but it seems bottomed. The lip of the bushing is about 200 thousandths from being flat against the control lip. I started the install this weekend. When I try and put the upper control arm in place, it’s a bit too wide. I measured the original control arm bushing width vs the overkill upper and the difference seems to be the 200 thousandths gap that there is on the Overkill arms bushings. Has anyone run into this ? What bushings have others used ? I left a message for Justin, but I haven’t heard back from him just yet. I know Justin supplies the bushings with the control arms now, but at the time I purchased mine, that wasn’t the case.
Any help will be greatly appreciated