are you tired of sloppy handling and wheel hop?
finally hear is our answer!

this is how to install the prothane poly cab's for cars with fe1 suspension.


you will need to get the poly bushings http://www.neverenoughauto.com/index...oduct_id=16743

step 1
remove control arm by removing 1 rear control arm bolt(21mm head)

2 front bolts(15mm head)

and 1 ball joint bolt(15mm nut,16mm bolt).
control arm removed


step 2
remove the rear bushing by pressing it out or you can remove the rubber and carefully cut the metal sleeve and tap it out. i tried both with good results.

remove the front bushing by clamping the metal bar in a vice and hitting the control arm with a large dead blow hammer or equivalent.


control arm with both bushings removed


take the front bushing and remove the rubber from the steel bar.


step 3
if there is any rust where the old bushings were you need to remove it and paint the bare metal.before you install the bushings. remember lube is your friend!
grease both halves of the front bushing and slide them into the control arm. then grease the steel bar that was in the original front bushing and press it in.



now take the rear bushing grease it up and press it in followed by the steel tube lube it up and slide it into the bushing

important there is a small radius on one side of the rear bushing this has to go towards the top of the control arm.

step 4

now that both bushings it is time to install the arm.
you want to grease the bushings anywhere they will touch metal.


control arm installed
front

rear


step 5
repeat on other side


this is how i installed mine i am not responsibly for any damages or injuries.

 

Approved

 

what does this do?

 

nice upgrade....poly are awesome...nice write up and great idea. thanks for the pics

 

well hopefully they wont go bad as fast as the stock ones. including the originals i have had to replace 3 sets of them . it did help to firm up the feel of the car

 

is this a different part number than the fe5 poly stuff. (from a vendor for example)

 

yes the fe5 bushings are bonded to aluminum these arent

 

theres no metal sleeve on the rear bushing?

 

if i remember corectly wernt the poly cabs for the fe5 arms bonded to aluminum or steel but they would start to seperate.
correct me if i am wrong

 

thats why i was wondering, because i thought they did too

 

this is what i have always seen for the fe5

 

up date on ordering bushings
prothane dosnt list them anymore only place i can find them for sale is here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-Ch...item1c1049e32e

they have a few sets of red and black ones left

 

if they dont list them anymore they might not make them anymore...damn, because im not in a hurry to spend the 5-600 on fe5s w scabs..lol thanks for the update man

 

i know that is why i up dated it. im waiting for a resonance from prothane about availability of the bushings.
never enough auto on ebay has about 20 sets left but from the looks of things when they are gone there gone for good

just search ebay for 7-777 for red ones or 7-777blk for black

 

thanks for all the assistance, just waiting for mine now

 

its no problem.
i would offer to help install them but you have to come to me

 

Nice find. I gotta get these before they are gone.

 

There is a reason they are gone. These type of CAB's don't hold up very well to the stress the Cobalt's design puts them through. They're more failure prone than the stocks are.

 

just sayin these are not as simple as they look

 

not disagreeing because i dont know why they quit selling them but they lasted longer than any of my stock ones did

 

Spherical bushings in the rear and Delrin/urethane in the front is the only real way to make it work and last. Urethane in that rear bushing just falls apart, can't handle the rotation of the center bushing. Front one it's just a 2-D movement, so it works.

I should see about making a setup for the 2.2 control arms, I did a set for my LSJ and they were awesome.

 

You should i know I would buy them Italianjoe

 

If there was interest, and someone wanted to supply me with a pair of stock control arms so I can make measurements, it's very doable. I've done it before.