desertrat

I have a pair of new control arms for the HHR with the FE3 suspension. The bushing inserts are .2" longer than the normal inserts, this is the only difference. These were sent to me instead of the correct arms, and I hear these are hard to get. I paid $125, you can have them for that plus shipping. All components are new- bushings and ball joint. I think these are new arms, not rebuilt.
Shown are the arms before I discovered the inserts were too long.
Contact by PM. Located in Indio, California

On a side note, the car no longer squeaks of makes noise at all. It sounds and drives like new, I recommend you take a look at yours if it is noisy. The bushings are almost impossible to see, however. The arms are easy to replace, but there are certain torques for each bolt which must be followed in a sequence while the suspension is pre-loaded (lift suspension to bear car weight), here it is-

Rear bolt- 74 ft/lbs + 180 degrees (put Never-Seize on this bolt, sparingly)
Front bolts (2)- 41 ft/lbs
Ball joint bolt- 37 ft/lbs, back off 3/4 turn, re-torque to 37 ft/lbs

RJ_RS_SS_350

I've edited out your phone number, per forum guidelines.

Perhaps more information would help sell these. You say they are for HHR, but you also say they are incorrect, bushing is .2" too long? Which bushing? Was there packaging with them that showed a part number?

desertrat

The rear control arm bushing insert is 56 mm long vs 51 mm for the stock arm. The part number on the package was CAK60175 and CAK60176. Yesterday I read somewhere that this bushing was meant for FE3 suspension. I cannot find this today, so I can't really prove my claim. Attached are 2 photos to show the diference, this way others may be aware of what is available.


Stock insert from old arm, 51mm.



Replacement arm has 56mm bushing inserts, this won't fit on the car. Part # CAK60175.

RJ_RS_SS_350

Thanks for clarifying. All the search results showed what you are saying, that they fit HHR. The eBay listing I saw gave interchange GM numbers, which also showed to be correct for HHR.

I would think they would still bolt right up. Perhaps the old bushings had shrunk, or GM revised the part design.

GLWS, nice touch adding those instructions!

desertrat

They should bolt right up, but I could not get the 56mm version to go in. The rubber definitely shrunk, but the steel insert will never change in length. The correct arms went right in, it took 90 minutes for both. The difference in sound and handling is well worth it! I am checking with the vendor to see what car these are intended for, certaily not mine.

donbrew

As far as I know the subframes are the same. In fact, Mitchell estimator says one part for fe1/fe3 control arm and bushing

I do think I recall somebody else getting the wrong part in the box from Prime Choice.

Maybe measure the ball joint stud, might have found the elusive FE5 part.

You could have gone here for instructions: https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...ol-arms-44378/

RJ_RS_SS_350

Found this, 55mm he says purchased from dealer, but he later gives a Dorman part number, which Amazon says fits(not FE5). https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...e4/#post737963

Moved the rest of this conversation to the how-to thread, here https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...13/#post842804

Didn't mean to hijack your classified ad, desertrat.

Oldblue

60 day rule, thread closed