ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 My neighbor desperately needs new upper control arm bushings on his 2000 xterra, we thought the arms might have been from Calmini since it has the full expensive Calmini steering system but the arms are tubular not the flat plate like the arms on the Calmini site. Also the arms appear to be a powdercoat grey color. Does anyone know if Calmini used to make tubular UCA's? Does anyone know who may have made the UCA's in grey? The arms do not look like the 4x4 parts arms, his arms have braces/metal welded on top of the tube where the tube is welded to where the bushings go. If anyone can help, appreciate it, Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Should have re-phrased my heading but forum won't let me edit, I'm trying to determine the manufacturer of the UCA's on my neighbors Xterra, they are tubular, grey and have a gusset on top of the tube where it is welded to where the bushings go. Need replacement bushings, no idea yet who made these arms, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Pics?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yeah pics would help a lot Oh and if you post exactly what you would like the title to say, and a member of the Mod Team will edit it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 No pics, they were hard to see with the tires on, will try later after work. Title could say help identify xterra upper control arms, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo94 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 These? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) No the one's my neighbor has use normal ball joints and the gusset near the bushing sits flat on top of the tube, thanks Will get a pic or two later when I get home from work almost forgot, the bushings are greasable as they have grease fittings Edited January 29, 2013 by ahardb0dy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 SLR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I think they may have been painted grey, the gusset is more diamond shaped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Rancho's possibly? They are a tube style with a flat bold on BJ from why I saw quick searching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Here are the pics I just took, not the cleanest under there, and yes I see the upper shock bushings is shot. The original owner has a web site showing some of his mods but nothing on the suspension, I found his user name all over the 4x4 parts forums, so I called them today and spoke to someone and explained what was going on, she told me to send pictures to them to try to identify also, which I will do in a moment. I think they (4x4 parts) know the previous owner but really didn't want to admit anything, I told them I wasn't a bill collector or anything just trying to help my neighbor, pics below: Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 4x4parts e-mailed back, (Jane) and says they look like the now defunct SLR (never heard of them), the gusset on top doesn't look like the one on the arm that Simon posted, but maybe the gusset was different on different vehicles, I don't know. Need to measure the OD of the bushings now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah, definitely looks like the gussets were modified and/or changed. There's no zerks in the ones I posted either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 SLR went right over my head, didn't realize it was Spencer Low Racing !!! I didn't know the xterra uses a different UCA (and lower control arm) than the Pathfinder, where the UCA doesn't use the cross spindle as the PF does, and the lower doesn't use a compression road setup. Honestly the top mounts where the control arm bolts into look a little thin to me. Simon your xterra looks a little like my neighbors: here is a link to the original owners build page, no mention of the suspension: http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/a/warmongr/mods/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalker Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Simon your xterra looks a little like my neighbors: yea it does...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's funny, once you get to a certain level of build (basically, all bolt on stuff, no SAS or anything REALLY cool) they all start to look the same. There's a bunch in my club that are all built very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'm assuming the bushings have a sleeve in them? 4x4parts told me the bushings do not come with the sleeve, I hope that my neighbors isn't tore up. may be difficult to find one that is the proper size. This xterra has front and rear ARB lockers, too bad he can't get the compressor to work. I'll help him when he asks me, but he has a habit of working on his truck/cars in the dark, and I don't do night time mechanics unless I have too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 I found the exact ones: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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