Looking for a bit of guidance on replacing the bushing for the front struts. It is difficult separating one control arm from another when searching online for the right part. I (painfully) replaced the rear lower control arm bushings on one side, so I know it isn't easy removing the bushings. Psyching myself up for the other one.

Back to the front though - looking at an old parts diagram I see C2C018350 Lower Control Arm Bushing. Any thoughts by my esteemed cat lovers?

Does C2D4013 sound like the correct one?

 

The part you highlighted is the bushing you need. The part number C2C018350 has been superseded by C2C36866. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/jag...order-c2c36866

 

Much appreciated. If you want you could help install it! .

 

Haha I just did my driver's side and am probably going to do the passenger side this weekend.

 

The main problem with the front bush is it is mounted in the wishbone straight arm, and many shops will not provide quotations only estimates for replacing them due to the shock bolt being seized in the bush making its removal very difficult and, of course, time consuming. When I had mine done it was all OK, but the mechanic told me he had once had to take off the shock and lower arm complete, get it to a bench and saw through the bolt to remove the shock from the arm. Once there is access to the bush swapping out is straightforward provided the correct size mandrels are available to press out old, and press in the new bush.

These shock bushes are a pretty poor design by Ford because all four of them take the whole weight of the car so only last about 30k-odd miles before wear becomes apparent.

 

Thank you Fraser for the info. This will help for sure.

Peter