Seized lower front control arm, camber adjuster bolt.

[davelozt Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close davelozt]

HI all, I took my Prado to a tyre place to have a wheel alignment. They informed me that they couldnt adjust the left hand side front lower control arm camber adjuster bolt as it is seized. They hit it with a heap of anti-seize and left it over night. Still no joy but, luckily the camber wasnt to far out of spec. 12 months later im going to need a alignment done sooner or later. Has anyone had this problem before and any solutions. I have asked a few front end specialists and they all said the prado 120 series was prone for this, but no one wants to tackle it. Any ideas? Cheers Dave

[leachy_9 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close leachy_9]

I had the same issue. I had the bushes on both sides replaced with after market (Superpro) items. Any competent suspension place should be able to handle this job.

Leachy

[wholesalesuspension Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close wholesalesuspension]

HI all, I took my Prado to a tyre place to have a wheel alignment. They informed me that they couldnt adjust the left hand side front lower control arm camber adjuster bolt as it is seized. They hit it with a heap of anti-seize and left it over night. Still no joy but, luckily the camber wasnt to far out of spec. 12 months later im going to need a alignment done sooner or later. Has anyone had this problem before and any solutions. I have asked a few front end specialists and they all said the prado 120 series was prone for this, but no one wants to tackle it. Any ideas? Cheers Dave

Hi Dave,3 of the 4 of mine were siezed in my 95 Series when i did it.

I loosened the Through bolts off about 30mm & tried to wiggle the adjuster with a spanner while i tapped the bolts. They were a pain to get out, but once out i linished them up and greased the hell out of them when i put them back in to hopefully prevent it happening again.

Regards, Jason.

[davelozt Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close davelozt]

Thanks for the info Leachy and Jason. I will take it on board. Cheers Dave

[K & M McF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close K & M McF]

I just had to have this removed on my 90 series. The mechanic in the end had to cut it off, not too expensive to replace, but was rare in Australia and Toyota was saying it would have to come from Japan. Luckily one was found at a dealer on the northern side of Sydney.

[Syzprado Member Find all posts View Profile Close Syzprado]

I've just had my lift done and was in serious need of a wheel alignment only to find that the left hand front (rear) bush is totaly seized... How bad is it to just torque the bush around to get it in alignment as a non permenant solution?
The oem bushes from toyota are $106 per front $129 per rear and camber bolts are $35 front, $27 rear. plus 3hrs labour. or a second hand lower control arm inc bushes and ball joint for $250 and about 1.5 hours labour.
I would prefer new rather than second hand so i guess my othe question is does anybody know where else to get quality bushes and bolts from?

[mackayvx Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close mackayvx]

Whiteline bush's make them in rubber & Superpro make them in Urethane.
Ive got the whiteline in my LCA's and Superpro in my UCA's...
I installed them all and honestly i reckon the Superpro is a pretty good product.
People say urethane squeaks but so far so good for me.
And anyways if it starts sqeaking in a year or 2 in pull em down and regrease em...

[Syzprado Member Find all posts View Profile Close Syzprado]

Sounds like a plan... Thanks heaps for the quick reply.

[1macka75 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close 1macka75]

More seized camber bolts on 95 Series - changing lower control arm bushes at home

Hi all,
I though I would share my experience with a similar problem.

I changed my lower control arm bushes today on my 95 Series and found one seized camber bolt on the drivers side. It took a lot of hammering an old 12mm socket on the end to push the bolt through the bush. This did however cause some elongation and burring of the end, which resulted in the through bolt not being able to pass through the camber bolt on reassemble. Some buffing and a little time on the bench grinder resolved this problem for me. Not the best way to go I guess but it got the job done.
The bushes came out using a bottle jack between the control arm driving a 35mm 3/4 drive socket to press out the bush as well as hammering a cold chisel around the outside rim of the bush, to help with breaking with the seal of rust.

I was quoted over $1100 for parts and labour to have this job done at a suspension place. In the end it cost me $380 for the genuine Toyota bushes, $49 for wheel alignment and $50 for the case of beer for my mate who assisted.

Cheers
Mat