SPC TYPE B UCA Bushing replacement - Polybushing

Mevotech stopped making the knockoff SPC's a while back, and when I reached out to them to see if I could get a set of bushings for their arms, they told me that they stopped making them. So no go.


Superpro makes a Helix UCA that uses a similar (SPC) ball joint but poly bushings that someone should try lol. It should fit our tacoma's as well.

 

Kinda figured on the Mevotech stuff because I didn’t see anything at all online.


Energy Suspension has a ton of “universal” bushings that they sell based on a handful of specs.

If I didn’t have to drive my truck everyday, I’d pull the UCAs and measure everything and try to find a crossover part.

 

Ive tried looking but I couldnt find anything. I am considering making my own poly bushings and or making delrin ones.

Poly ones dont look too bad to make. Well delrin doesnt either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDgW5tSr6Ss

 

That was another thought.

Delrin can be machined rather easily and turning a set on a lathe wouldn’t be hard with the right tools

 

Im wondering if the ride will be any different with delrin. You wont get any deflection, both a good and a bad thing.

Also I have no idea what kind of tolerances SPC had when making the barrels. With poly it would be more forgiving on the Bushing OD

 

Are we talking UCAs or LCAs? It would be awesome to find an alternative to the spec-ride or x-axis UCA bushings.

I have a brand new x-axis bushing that I am willing to loan out, if someone wants to measure and go down the rabbit hole of finding an alternative bushing that fits the spc uca.

I think there are a few replacement bushings for the stock LCA already. Eg whiteline, superpro, etc

 

I think both of us are talking about uppers. Lowers are already well covered by the aftermarket. Post #3 of this thread I think has the dims that we need. I didnt find any stock bushings that would work.

Could you post a picture of those X axis? Do they have a steel outer shell?

 

UCAs.

That was an autocorrect typo in my one post.

 

Photo of my old destroyed set that i used a hacksaw to punch out as i didn't have a press.


yes they have a steel sleeve on the outside. i never took their dimensions

 

Thanks good to know. That just means spc must have a fairly tight tolerance on the barrel ID

 

SPC X-Axis bushings PN 25030

 

With the right press sleeves I found a hydraulic press to be extremely easy over a ball joint C press.

I'm on a 1st gen but I figure it's the same situation. Not sure how I feel about the excessive amount of space with the spec ride bushings installed on the forged arms. But if that is tightened up when installed/sandwiched together then I don't care. I've had great luck on my other truck running welded tubular arms and spec ride bushings, hopefully this will solve the 10K lifespan of the x-axis joints/bushings.

 

Highly recommend using a shop press and some ball joint press sleeves for removing x-axis bushings. 20min to press out all 4.

 

Man do you happen to remember what size sleeve you used? The ball joint press I got didn't have the right size and man there's barely a lip to push a sleeve on there I'm assuming you had something that was perfect fit?

 

Can’t remember the exact sleeve numbers/sizes sorry. I rented this kit from auto zone and returned it last week. Everything I needed was in it besides a large socket I also used. Hope this helps.

 

Man I guess I'm just having a hard time understanding how you guys are getting something to press on this lil lip. Am I looking at something wrong?

 

I first pushed the metal inner sleeve flush first. Then found a cup small enough to press the bushing sleeve from the inside out. There’s a guy who made a video on YT showing the process.

 

I appreciate the help man

 

@perryparts May have a solution for us soon

 

This looks promising