Well this just happened. I purchased the Slee LCAs sometime last August and just a few weeks ago i noticed a clunk underneath my feet. After further inspection I found out that the rubber part of the bushing had broken loose from the metal and the control arm is just sliding back and forth causing the clunk at my feet. The bushings are factory toyota from what I was told. My stock original ones held up longer than these, I only replaced them for better castor correction. Anywho, just wanted to share with you folks.
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Hornd
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Send your Pictures to Slee and let them know.
From what I have read they have your back.
From what I have read they have your back.
NLXTACY
Wits' End
These are the Slee arms. According to the site these are supposed to be Toyota OEM bushings. But to fail in under a year?!
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So I got off the phone with Ben over at slee and he did mention that they install the bushings on prior to powder coating and he believes that the coater might have left the arms in the oven a little too long thus deteriorating the bushing. They are sending me 2 replacements.
NLXTACY
Wits' End
Powder coating typical gets cured to 400deg for at least 10 mins. I can't imagine rubber in bushings will behave as intended at 400deg. But, what do I know. (I don't know).
So the power Der coated does 1 arm at a time
sleeoffroad
Supporting Vendor
We ran into an issue where a batch of arms were ran at too high a temperature and it affected some of the bushings. We did not discover this until some already left the shop. We thought we caught all the ones that were affected. We had done this previously on numerous batches and never had any issues with the Toyota bushings. This time the temps were too high and the bushing got compromised.
Lesson learned. The issue is that if the arms are coated first, you run the risk of damaging the powder coat when pressing in the bushings on the press. I guess there is always a trade off.
We are in contact with the customer and taking care of the issue.
Lesson learned. The issue is that if the arms are coated first, you run the risk of damaging the powder coat when pressing in the bushings on the press. I guess there is always a trade off.
We are in contact with the customer and taking care of the issue.
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That bushing is at the chassis end of the radius arm. The caster bushes at the other end of the arm will not be OEM and were probably not affected. Or not affected as bad.
bloc
SILVER Star
Slee uses OEM bushings in both ends of their arms.. the caster correction is done with the geometry of the arm itself.
So yeah.. he probably needs six bushings total. I trust Slee to anticipate that.
Oh ok. We don't get such luxuries this far away from the world.
Oh ok. We don't get such luxuries this far away from the world.
bloc
SILVER Star
You guys get drop-in LS/vortec swap motor mount adapters that actually work with your chassis though..
So far I've devoted 2 hours to cleaning the frame of the factory mounting posts.. still have many hours left of hanging the engine, plating the frame, finding the correct location, and welding new mounting legs in.
Definition of off-topic. Sorry.
So far I've devoted 2 hours to cleaning the frame of the factory mounting posts.. still have many hours left of hanging the engine, plating the frame, finding the correct location, and welding new mounting legs in.
Definition of off-topic. Sorry.
1973Guppie
Supporting Vendor
top notch customer service! well done sir.....
Hornd
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Admit, Understand Why, Remedy.....Top Notch in my Opinion.
Good Idea to make a 1 page flier on your site for anyone else that may encounter issue?
I bought a set of these arms back on March 2016, but didn't install them until 8 months later....
Other than visual and sound of the bushing falling apart, is there any else that can be done?
Wonder how many of these arms/bushings were compromised.....
Other than visual and sound of the bushing falling apart, is there any else that can be done?
Wonder how many of these arms/bushings were compromised.....
Call Slee and ask if they came from the affected range. He'll know and you will have him on the line to arrange a remedy if necessary.
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On a different note, i have an extra set of bushings for $100+ shipping if any one needs them. Slee is sending me replacement so i dont need these anymore.
